wobble

Pronunciation: /ˈwɑbl̩/

The English word “wobble” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

An unsteady motion.
A tremulous sound.
A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.
A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

verb

To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
To tremble or quaver.
To vacillate in one's opinions.
To cause to wobble.

Etymology

From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “wobble” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.