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Wobble

//ˈwɑbl̩// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unsteady motion.

    "The fat man walked down the street with a wobble."

  2. 2
    an unsteady rocking motion wordnet
  3. 3
    A tremulous sound.

    "There was a wobble on her high notes."

  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.
Verb
  1. 1
    To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. intransitive

    "the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis"

  2. 2
    move unsteadily wordnet
  3. 3
    To tremble or quaver. intransitive

    "The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly."

  4. 4
    tremble or shake wordnet
  5. 5
    To vacillate in one's opinions. intransitive

    "I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens."

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  1. 6
    move sideways or in an unsteady way wordnet
  2. 7
    To cause to wobble. transitive

    "The boy wobbled the girl's bike."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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