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also wabble
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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water
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2
as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it
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3
as in to hesitate
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time
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also wabble
as in tremor
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Recent Examples of wobble
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
The chiller also has a screwtop lid that prevents bottles from wobbling inside of it.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
Some neuroimaging suggests that such a change also happens in the process of insight—when the brain is stuck in a rut, wobbles and then finds the right track.
—Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Westview’s 6-foot-1 Mia Jacobson wobbled off the court in the first period with her bell ringing and nose leaking blood after colliding with the Dons’ 6-2 Bianca Slone.
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The more marked the wobble, the more massive the planet.
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Light shaking was detected, and people in several cities - including Hercules, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
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Her efforts have thus far not swayed the Senate, which has chosen instead to advance two alternative tax relief bills introduced by state Sens.—
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Long, swaying motion was widely reported, with additional aftershocks continuing through late morning.—
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But Maye doesn’t hesitate to break the pocket and scramble towards daylight when things break down.—
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Many people like the idea of innovation but hesitate to share the road with fully autonomous vehicles.—
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Rayo began 2023-24 well under Iraola’s successor Francisco Rodriguez but then started to falter.—
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The Rams did not falter and an 80-yard kickoff return touchdown for Jameson Bongiolatti cut the deficit to 21-7.—
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Weak to light shaking has been recorded and residents reported experiencing the tremor in a couple of cities, including Danville and San Ramon, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
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The tremor was about five miles from Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares, a municipality of around 20,000 people, about 372 miles west of Mexico City.—
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Aisha jerked and opened her eyes.—
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That jerking motion, combined with detergent and water, loosens dirt from the surfaces of clothing.—
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This can result in a kind of emotional whiplash, with the tone of the videos lurching between joy and devastation.—
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Perry’s films can lurch from romance to madcap Madea comedy to skeletons-in-the-closet family drama and back…all in the space of 20 minutes.—
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The kind of person who trembles at watermarks is not the sort of person who dares to put marble in the dishwasher.—
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The Maine trembled and angled up, then listed to port, throwing him from his chair.—
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“Wobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobble. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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