wobbly
Unsteady and tending to wobbleUnsteady and tending to wobble.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» I tried sitting on that chair, but it was wobbly.
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1 sensesUnsteady and tending to wobble.
wobbly bridge
wobbly chair
wackelig
шаткийšatkij, зыбкийzybkij
хистки́йxystkýj, хитки́йxytkýj
- inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Examples
21 sentencesI tried sitting on that chair, but it was wobbly.
Why is the table so wobbly?
ruПочему стол такой шаткий? — shanghainese
deWarum ist der Tisch so wackelig? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This chair is wobbly.
My legs are still wobbly.
Tom fixed the wobbly chair.
Translations
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Origin
From wobble + -y.From wobble + -y.
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Forms
wobblier, wobbliestSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.