Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move or rotate with an uneven or rocking motion or unsteadily from side to side.
- intransitive verb To tremble or quaver.
- intransitive verb To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.
- intransitive verb To cause to wobble.
- noun The act or an instance of wobbling; unsteady motion.
- noun A tremulous, uncertain tone or sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
wabble .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb See
wabble .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
unsteady motion . - noun A
tremulous sound . - noun music A low-frequency
oscillation sometimes used indubstep - verb intransitive To
move with anuneven orrocking motion , orunsteadily to and fro . - verb intransitive To
tremble orquaver . - verb intransitive To
vacillate in one'sopinions . - verb transitive To cause to wobble.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move unsteadily
- noun an unsteady rocking motion
- verb move sideways or in an unsteady way
- verb tremble or shake
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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I prefer the term wobble, as in the Southern Wobble, the Pacific Decadal Wobble, etc., as that better fits the actual behavior.
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We do our best to show the world our best, for fear of what might be the consequence were we to admit we are 'in wobble'.
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gangerh commented on the word wobble
It’s the fourth leg of the table that causes the wobble.
February 14, 2008