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   wobble

   /ˈwɒbl/

   verb

   • 1. move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side: "the table wobbles where the leg is too short" Similar rockmove unsteadilyjiggleswaysee-sawteetershakevibrate
   • ▪ move unsteadily in a particular direction: "they wobble around on their bikes" Similar teetertotterstaggerwalk unsteadilylurch
   • ▪ (of the voice) vary slightly in pitch; quaver: "her voice wobbled dangerously, but she brought it under control" Similar trembleshakequiverquaverwaverrare:quave
   • ▪ waver between different courses of action; vacillate: "he is beginning to wobble on the issue" Similar waverhesitatevacillatedithershilly-shallybe undecidedbe uncertainbe indecisivebe unable to make up one's mindkeep changing one's mindyo-yoswitherinformal:blow hot and cold

   noun

   • 1. an unsteady movement from side to side: "the handlebars developed a wobble" Similar unsteady movementtotterteeterswayrockingswayingshaking
   • ▪ a variation of pitch in the voice: "a caricature of the operatic wobble" Similar tremorquiverquavershakingtremblingtechnical:vibrato
   • ▪ a moment of indecision or instability: "the only serious wobble of the campaign"

   Word Origin early 18th century (earlier as wabble): probably from obsolete Dutch wabbelen or Low German wabbeln ‘to move to and fro’; related to the verb wave.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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