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Wobbly

//ˈwɒb(ə)li// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unsteady and tending to wobble.

    "wobbly bridge"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Wobbly. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    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 affairs while he was doing it."

  3. 3
    a member of the Industrial Workers of the World wordnet
  4. 4
    A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wobble + -y.

Etymology 2

From wobble + -y.

Etymology 3

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