WOBBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wobble mean? 

• WOBBLE (noun)
  The noun WOBBLE has 1 sense:

1. an unsteady rocking motion

  Familiarity information: WOBBLE used as a noun is very rare.

• WOBBLE (verb)
  The verb WOBBLE has 3 senses:

1. move unsteadily

2. move sideways or in an unsteady way

3. tremble or shake

  Familiarity information: WOBBLE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOBBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unsteady rocking motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("wobble" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wobble"):

shimmy (an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels))

Derivation:

wobble (move unsteadily)

wobble (move sideways or in an unsteady way)

wobbly (inclined to shake as from weakness or defect)

• WOBBLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they wobble    ... he / she / it wobbles   
Past simple: wobbled   
Past participle: wobbled   
-ing form: wobbling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move unsteadily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

coggle; wobble

Context example:

The old cart wobbled down the street

Hypernyms (to "wobble" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

wobble (an unsteady rocking motion)

wobbler (something that wobbles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move sideways or in an unsteady way

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

careen; shift; tilt; wobble

Context example:

The ship careened out of control

Hypernyms (to "wobble" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

wobble (an unsteady rocking motion)

wobbler (something that wobbles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tremble or shake

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

shimmy; wobble

Context example:

His voice wobbled with restrained emotion

Hypernyms (to "wobble" is one way to...):

vibrate (shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Enceladus has a tiny, but measurable wobble as it orbits Saturn.

(Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus, NASA)

"The amount of wobble we measured is double what was predicted."

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

This allele exhibits a SNP (3435 C>T) in exon 26 that results in wobble.

(ABCB1 2 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

He held on to the bar, his legs wobbling under him, Martin's arm around him and supporting him, while he thought.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The scientist characterized how waves resonate throughout the bridge, causing small movements that, when exaggerated, look like wobbles on a plate of gelatin.

(Song of the red rock arches, National Science Foundation)

The researchers note the planetary wobble could be caused by the gravitational pull of a hypothetical second planet in the system, rather than a moon.

(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)

The jaws stopped working, the ears ceased wobbling, and though eyes remained glued on plates, each man listened greedily for the answer.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Its magnetic field axis points 60 degrees away from that spin axis, so as the planet spins, its magnetosphere - the space carved out by its magnetic field - wobbles like a poorly thrown football.

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)

They then calculated the size, position and mass of K2-229b by measuring the radial velocity of the star, and finding out how much the starlight ‘wobbles’ during orbit, due to the gravitational tug from the planet, which changes depending on the planet’s size.

(Mercury Not as Rare as Previously Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers used numerous images of Mimas taken by NASA's Cassini mission to determine how much the moon wobbles as it orbits Saturn.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)