wobble.
An unsteady motion.
Meaning & usage
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.
A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.
Where this word 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”).
To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis
the jelly wobbled on the plate
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.
Where this word 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”).
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