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Wobbling
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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verb (used without object)
1.
to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
2.
to move unsteadily from side to side: The table wobbled on its uneven legs.
3.
to show unsteadiness; tremble; quaver: His voice wobbled.
4.
to vacillate; waver.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to wobble.
noun
6.
a wobbling movement.
Also, wabble.
Origin:
1650–60; < Low German wabbeln; akin to Old Norse vafla to toddle, Middle High German wabelen to waver, Old English wæflian to speak incoherently
1650–60; < Low German wabbeln; akin to Old Norse vafla to toddle, Middle High German wabelen to waver, Old English wæflian to speak incoherently
Related forms
wob·bler, noun
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| wobbling | |
adjective | |
| (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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