wobble

UK /ˈwɑbl̩/ US /ˈwɑbl̩/
noun 4verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

An unsteady motion.

The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.

That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.

2

A tremulous sound.

There was a wobble on her high notes.

3

A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.

“I Knew You Were Trouble,” one of the year’s great pop songs, begins like a sock-hop anthem, with jaunty guitars. A dubstep wobble arrives about halfway through like a wrecking ball, changing the course not just of the song but also of Ms. Swift’s career.

4

A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

verb

1

To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis

the jelly wobbled on the plate

2

To tremble or quaver.

The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.

3

To vacillate in one's opinions.

I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.

4

To cause to wobble.

The boy wobbled the girl's bike.

He said: “This front wheel wobbles.” I said: “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.” It didn’t wobble, as a matter of fact—nothing worth calling a wobble.

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