Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dialectal)To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach).

  2. (dialectal)To twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over.

  3. (dialectal)To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait.

More definitions
  • move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

Origin

From an unknown root (possibly related to Latin vomere (“to vomit”), Norwegian vamla (“to

From an unknown root (possibly related to Latin vomere (“to vomit”), Norwegian vamla (“to stagger”), and Old Norse váma (“vomit”)) + -le (frequentative suffix).

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Forms

wambles, wambling, wambled, wambled
Base formwamble · to wamble
3rd person singularwambles
Present participlewambling
Past simplewambled
Past participlewambled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywamble
he, she, itwambles

Past simpleLesson

all personswambled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wambled
he, she, ithas wambled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wamble

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion:waggle

Word family

2 related words
Derivedwamblinglywambly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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