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wob·ble (wäb′əl)

intransitive verb wobbled -·bled, wobbling -·bling

  1. to move unsteadily from side to side, as in walking
  2. to rotate unevenly so as to move from side to side
  3. to shake or tremble, as jelly does
  4. to waver in one's opinions, etc.; vacillate

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

transitive verb

to cause to wobble

noun

wobbling motion

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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