wobbleboardn.
/ˈwɒblˌbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈwɑb(ə)lˌbɔrd/, Australian English /ˈwɔb(ə)lˌbɔːd/ Originally Australian.
A piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, played by holding it in both hands and repeatedly flexing it to produce a low, rhythmic booming sound.
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1960 Austral. Women's Weekly 8 June (Teenagers' Weekly) 7/1 The woosh-woosh sound that you hear as the gimmick in his hit disc..is made with the same board—since elevated to the title of ‘wobbleboard’.
1985 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 11 June Many of his [sc. Rolf Harris's] rhythms are underlined by the wobbleboard, a thin plank that produces a distinctive note under his skilled hands.
1993 Independent 3 Feb. 12/5 We had all the same features, the accordion, the wobble-board..but we did it in E Flat.
2009 W. Everett Found. Rock i. 22 The wobbleboard..is the Australian instrument sounding throughout..‘Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1960