wobbleverb
uk/ˈwɒb.əl/us/ˈwɑː.bəl/wobble verb (MOVE)
[ I or T ] to (cause something to) shake or move from side to side in a way that shows poor balance:
That bookcase wobbles whenever you put anything on it.
Don't wobble the table, please, Dan.
figurative The company's shares wobbled with the news of a foreign takeover bid.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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wobble verb (NOT CERTAIN)
[ I ] informal to be uncertain what to do or to change repeatedly between two opinions:
The government can't afford to wobble on this issue.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- askance
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- chary
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- jury
- shades of grey idiom
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- unclear
- wishy-washy
- wobbly
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wobblenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɒb.əl/us/ˈwɑː.bəl/wobble noun [ C ] (MOVEMENT)
a movement from side to side that shows poor balance:
I gave the poles a slight wobble and the whole tent collapsed.
figurative The closure of the company's German subsidiary caused a sharp wobble in its profits.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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wobble noun [ C ] (NOT CERTAIN)
UK informal a feeling of not being certain about something:
She's having a bit of a wobble about the move to New York.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- askance
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- chary
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- jury
- shades of grey idiom
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- unclear
- wishy-washy
- wobbly
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