wobbly

See also: Wobbly

English

Etymology

From wobble +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒb(ə)li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑb(ə)li/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒbəli

Adjective

wobbly (comparative wobblier, superlative wobbliest)

1. Unsteady and tending to wobble.

   Synonyms: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, unsteady

Derived terms

• wobbly boots
• wobbly cat syndrome
• wobbly egg
• wobbly hedgehog syndrome
• wobbly pop

Translations

unsteady and tending to wobble

• Dutch: wankel (nl),mank (nl),kreupel (nl),
• Finnish: horjuva (fi)
• French: vacillant (fr) m, chancelant (fr) m
• Icelandic: valtur
• Italian: traballante (it)
• Japanese: ブラブラした (burabura-shita)
• Latin: cādūcus
• Maori: tīmangamanga, ānewanewa, tatutatu
• Russian: шаткий (ru) m (šatkij), зыбкий (ru) m (zybkij)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: хистки́й m (xystkýj), хитки́й m (xytkýj)

Noun

wobbly (plural wobblies)

1. Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
2. (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tantrum

Derived terms

• chuck a wobbly
• throw a wobbly

 

Anagrams

• Bowlby, blow-by, blowby, by-blow, byblow