wobble
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wobble
- /ˈwɑbl̩/ US
- /ˈwɒbl̩/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒbəl
Where it comes from
From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).
noun wobbles · wabble
- An unsteady motion. The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.
- A tremulous sound. There was a wobble on her high notes.
- A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep. “I Knew You Were Trouble,” one of the year’s great pop songs, begins like a sock-hop anthem, with jaunty guitars. A dubstep wobble arrives about halfway through like a wrecking ball, changing the course not just of the song but also of Ms. Swift’s career.
- A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.
verb wobbles · wobbling · wobbled · wabble
- To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis
- To tremble or quaver. The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.
- To vacillate in one's opinions. I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.
- To cause to wobble. The boy wobbled the girl's bike.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coggle, sway, tilt, shift, shimmy, careen, totter, teeter, swing, oscillation, roll, transient, balancing, balance, read, reading
Translations
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noun unsteady motion
| Español | tambaleo, bamboleo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | フラフラ furafura, ブラブラ burabura |
| Português | cambaleio, vacilação |
| Français | vacillement |
| Deutsch | Schwanken |
| Русский | шата́ние šatánije, кача́ние kačánije, колеба́ние kolebánije |
verb move with an uneven or rocking motion
| Español | tambalearse, bambolearse |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブラブラする burabura-suru, 震える furueru, ぶれる bureru |
| Português | cambalear, vacilar, titubear |
| Français | osciller, branler, vaciller |
| Deutsch | wackeln, eiern |
| Русский | виля́ть viljátʹ, вихля́ть vixljátʹ, идти́ шата́ясь idtí šatájasʹ |
verb quaver
| 日本語 | 震える furueru |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | trillern |
| Русский | кача́ться kačátʹsja, шата́ться šatátʹsja, дрожать drožatʹ |
verb vacillate
| Español | vacilar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブラブラする burabura-suru, ぶれる bureru |
| Français | vaciller |
| Deutsch | schwanken |
| Русский | колеба́ться kolebátʹsja |
verb cause to wobble
| 日本語 | ブラブラさせる burabura-saseru, 揺らす yurasu |
|---|---|
| Русский | кача́ть kačátʹ, раска́чивать raskáčivatʹ, шата́ть šatátʹ |
Talk about this word "wobble." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wobble. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wobble. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wobble "wobble." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wobble.Cite this
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title = {wobble},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wobble},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
