wobble

Wobble is defined as to move or cause to move in an unsteady way, to have your voice quiver, or to be unable to commit to a course of action.

(verb)

When a child is learning to ride his bike for the first time and is moving unsteadily forward, this is an example of when the child wobbles.
When you are nervous and your voice shakes, this is an example of when your voice wobbles.
When a politician says different things and changes his mind multiple times on an issue, this is an example of when he wobbles.

The definition of a wobble is an unsteady movement, or a quiver in the voice.

(noun)

The unsteady walk that a child has when first learning to walk is an example of a wobble.
The nervous shaking in a person's voice when he has to give a public speech and doesn't want to is an example of a wobble.

See wobble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb wobbled, wobbling

Origin: prob. < LowG wabbeln, to wobble: for IE base see wave

transitive verb

to cause to wobble

noun

wobbling motion

Related Forms:

See wobble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also wab·ble

verb wob·bled also wab·bled, wob·bling also wab·bling, wob·bles also wab·bles

verb, intransitive

To move or rotate with an uneven or rocking motion or unsteadily from side to side.
To tremble or quaver: The child's voice wobbled with emotion.
To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.

verb, transitive

To cause to wobble.

noun