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wobble verb [ ˈwɒb(ə)l ]

• move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.
• "the table wobbles where the leg is too short"
Similar: rock, move unsteadily, jiggle, sway, see-saw, teeter, shake, vibrate,

wobble noun

• an unsteady movement from side to side.
• "the handlebars developed a wobble"
Similar: unsteady movement, totter, teeter, sway, rocking, swaying, shaking,
Origin: mid 17th century (earlier as wabble ): of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse vafla ‘waver’; related to the verb wave.


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