wobble
An unsteady motionAn unsteady motion.
» This wheel wobbles when it turns.
Meaning
4 sensesAn unsteady motion.
The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.
Schwanken
шата́ниеšatánije, кача́ниеkačánije, колеба́ниеkolebánije
an unsteady rocking motion
A tremulous sound.
There was a wobble on her high notes.
Zittern, Tremolo, Beben
дрожа́ниеdrožánije
A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.
A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.
Examples
23 sentencesThis wheel wobbles when it turns.
The toddler wobbled over to its mother.
deDas Kleinkind wackelte hinüber zu seiner Mutter. — Yorwba
The toddler wobbled when he first stood up.
The table wobbles because its legs are unequal length.
She wobbled as she walked across the balance beam.
deSie schwankte, als sie über den Schwebebalken lief. — hjoest
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare DuFrom 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”).
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