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wobbly

1
or wab·bly

[ wob-lee ]

adjective

wobblier, wobbliest.
  1. shaky; unsteady.


Wobbly

2

[ wob-lee ]

noun

plural Wobblies.
  1. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World.

wobbly

1

/ ˈwɒblɪ /

adjective

  1. unsteady
  2. trembling, shaking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. throw a wobbly slang.
    to become suddenly very agitated or angry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Wobbly

2

/ ˈwɒblɪ /

noun

  1. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwobbliness, noun
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Other Words From

  • wobbli·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wobbly1

First recorded in 1850–55; wobble + -y 1

Origin of wobbly2

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; of uncertain origen
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Example Sentences

He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks.

Tennessee’s offense isn’t good, but it will be up against a wobbly Cincinnati defense.

His steps are wobbly as he makes his way to his chair in the living room, where a TV tray awaits with a cookie and three pills.

First a scaffold of cartilage, like the wobbly bit on the end of your nose, forms.

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Her eye was also "gashed open" and her teeth were "wobbly" and would need replacing, she said.

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