Wobbly

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wobbly¹

  • /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ UK
  • /ˈwɑb(ə)li/ US

Rhymes with -ɒbəli

Where it comes from

From wobble + -y.

adjective wobblier · wobbliest

  1. Unsteady and tending to wobble. wobbly bridge

noun wobblies

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of Wobbly.Wobbly
  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.

Wobbly²

  • /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ UK

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noun Wobblies · wobbly

  1. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical

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