wobble
noun
- symptom
verb
- to move unsteadily from side to side
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɑbl̩/ / /ˈwɒbl̩/
noun
Etymology: 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”).
- An unsteady motion.
“The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.”
“That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.”
- 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
Etymology: 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.”
“He said: “This front wheel wobbles.” I said: “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.” It didn’t wobble, as a matter of fact—nothing worth calling a wobble.”