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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| mobile (ˈməʊbaɪl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having freedom of movement; movable |
| 2. | changing quickly in expression: a mobile face |
| 3. | sociol (of individuals or social groups) moving within and between classes, occupations, and localities: upwardly mobile |
| 4. | (of military forces) able to move freely and quickly to any given area |
| 5. | informal (postpositive) having transport available: are you mobile tonight? |
| —n | |
| 6. | a. a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents |
| b. Compare stabile (as modifier): mobile sculpture | |
| 7. | short for mobile phone |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin mōbilis, from movēre to move] | |
A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
Note: Alexander Calder, a twentieth-century American sculptor, is known for his mobiles.