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wobble

  (wŏb'əl) pronunciation
also wab·ble
v., -bled also -bled, -bling -bling, -bles -bles.

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

To cause to wobble.

n.
  1. The act or an instance of wobbling; unsteady motion.
  2. A tremulous, uncertain tone or sound: a vocal wobble.

[Probably from Low German wabbeln.]

wobbler wob'bler n.
 
 
Thesaurus: wobble

verb

  1. To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall: sway, teeter, totter, vacillate, waver, weave. See repetition.
  2. To walk unsteadily: falter, lurch, reel, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, weave. See move/halt.
  3. To be irresolute in acting or doing: dither, falter, halt2, hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, waver. See decide/hesitate.

 
Wikipedia: wobble (disambiguation)

Wobble or wobbles can mean:

  • Wobble base pair, a type of basepair in genetics translation
  • Milankovitch wobble, the change in the axial tilt, axial precession and orbital eccentricity of the earth over long periods
  • Wobbler disease, also known as "wobbles", a disorder of the nervous system in dogs and horses.
  • Jah Wobble, the British musician

Wobble: A Racial slur also known to be used to replace the N word.


 
Translations: Translations for: Wobble

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - slingre, blævre, rokke, ryste, vakle
v. tr. - slingre, blævre, rokke, ryste, vakle
n. - slingren, blævren, rokken, rysten, valken, usikkerhed, ustadighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
wiebelen, wankelen, aarzelen, laten wiebelen, wankeling

Français (French)
v. intr. - tourner à faux (une roue), être bancal (une chaise), chevroter (une voix), vaciller, osciller
v. tr. - faire bouger, faire vaciller, faire osciller
n. - vacillement, tremblement, oscillation

Deutsch (German)
v. - wackeln, schwanken, zittern
n. - Wackeln, Schwankung, Zittern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπαίω, κλυδωνίζομαι, (αμφι)ταλαντεύομαι, κουνώ/-ιέμαι πέρα-δώθε, τρέμω
n. - παραπάτημα, ακανόνιστη ταλάντευση

Italiano (Italian)
barcollare, vacillare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cambalear, hesitar
n. - agitação (f)

Русский (Russian)
качаться, шататься, вихлять, проявлять нерешительность, раскачивать, дрожать, вилять (о колесах)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - temblar, vacilar, bambolear, tambalear, fluctuar, titubear, ser inconstante
v. tr. - hacer tambalear(se)
n. - bamboleo, tambaleo, fluctuación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vagga, vackla, stappla
n. - vaggning, vacklande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
摇晃, 游移不定, 动摇, 使摇摆, 使颤动, 摆动, 不稳定

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搖晃, 遊移不定, 動搖
v. tr. - 使搖擺, 使顫動
n. - 擺動, 不穩定, 動搖

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 흔들리다, 동요하다, 믿을 수 없다
v. tr. - 흔들리게 하다
n. - 비틀거림, 흔들림, 불안정

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - がぐらぐらする, よろめく, 震える, ぐらつく, ぐらぐらする
n. - ぐらつき, 動揺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتهادى, يتذبذب, يتمايل, يتراوح, يرتجف, يرتعش, يتردد, يرتعد (الاسم) تذبذب, تمايل, تهاد, تراوح, ارتعاش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התנודד, היסס, פסח על שתי הסעיפים, רעד‬
v. tr. - ‮ניענע, פסח על שתי הסעיפים, רעד‬
n. - ‮נענוע, התנודדות‬


 
 

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