wobble

== English == === Alternative forms === wabble (archaic) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɑbl̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒbl̩/ Rhymes: -ɒbəl === Noun === wobble (plural wobbles) An unsteady motion. Synonyms: jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble A tremulous sound. Synonyms: quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep. (genetics) A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wobble (third-person singular simple present wobbles, present participle wobbling, simple past and past participle wobbled) (intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro. Synonyms: judder, shake, shudder, tremble (intransitive) To tremble or quaver. Synonyms: quaver, quiver, tremble (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions. Synonyms: falter, vacillate, waffle, waver (transitive) To cause to wobble. Synonyms: jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === beblow