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also wabbling
as in shaking
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
her wobbling gait is due to Parkinson's disease
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also wabbling
as in hesitation
a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action
the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes
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also wabbling
1
as in jerking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water
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2
as in lurching
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it
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3
as in hesitating
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time
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4
as in faltering
to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side
the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward
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Recent Examples of wobbling
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
That wobbling can allow Arctic air from the troposphere — or contained within the polar jet stream — to move elsewhere.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Moving over to the balance beam, the Bruins struggled at the start, with Matthews falling and Sumanasekera wobbling.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Most exoplanetary discoveries instead arise through far more indirect means, such as the dip in a star’s light caused by a world passing between its sun and our telescope or the tiny wobbling of a star caused by an orbiting planet’s gravitational tug.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Last October, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ignored complaints from Congress and economists to rush through a $20 billion currency swap with the Central Bank of Argentina, aimed at propping up both the peso and Javier Milei’s wobbling presidency.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Republicans, meanwhile, are not eager to advertise that their Senate majority is wobbling like a shopping cart with a bad wheel.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
From Earth’s vantage point—right along the faraway magnetar’s equator—the wobbling disk acted like a film projector’s shutter, periodically occluding our view of the dead star supercharging SN 2024afav.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
One of the frontrunners is wobbling.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
His posture keeps him from wobbling to either side and falling out of the jump.
—Joy Sung, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
The president himself devised a solution to put a steady hand on the wobbling controls.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
These systems often involve black holes of unequal mass and display strong wobbling and irregular spin patterns.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
That wobbling can allow Arctic air from the troposphere — or contained within the polar jet stream — to move elsewhere.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Moving over to the balance beam, the Bruins struggled at the start, with Matthews falling and Sumanasekera wobbling.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Most exoplanetary discoveries instead arise through far more indirect means, such as the dip in a star’s light caused by a world passing between its sun and our telescope or the tiny wobbling of a star caused by an orbiting planet’s gravitational tug.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
The black holes spin slowly, their spins are aligned with their orbital motion, and there is very little wobbling.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Last October, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ignored complaints from Congress and economists to rush through a $20 billion currency swap with the Central Bank of Argentina, aimed at propping up both the peso and Javier Milei’s wobbling presidency.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Republicans, meanwhile, are not eager to advertise that their Senate majority is wobbling like a shopping cart with a bad wheel.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
From Earth’s vantage point—right along the faraway magnetar’s equator—the wobbling disk acted like a film projector’s shutter, periodically occluding our view of the dead star supercharging SN 2024afav.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
One of the frontrunners is wobbling.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
His posture keeps him from wobbling to either side and falling out of the jump.
—Joy Sung, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026
The president himself devised a solution to put a steady hand on the wobbling controls.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbling
Noun
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That recalibration comes at a moment when fairs worldwide are grappling with rising costs, uneven sales, and collector hesitation.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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That hesitation is where dreams die.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Structure information summary Most structures in this region are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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The starts were violent, ground-shaking and painfully loud.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile the Caliente Range — those mountains just to the west — are lurching the opposite way.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Still, morale is much worse compared with December 2024, before DOGE took aim at the health agency's budgets and staffing, and before rounds of lurching job cuts and reinstatements left thousands of CDC workers in limbo or severed from their careers.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Academy seems comfortable celebrating individual excellence within horror while hesitating to crown its films as definitive achievements.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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Palmer is the center of the film and building the cast around her initially had Riley hesitating.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After faltering in the crucial moments of its first postseason telecast, the stakes have now been raised for upcoming presentations.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Dubai, in particular, finds its position as the crown jewel of Middle East’s tourism faltering as its airports have been forced to shut temporarily during the conflict.—
Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday Ukraine is ready to mirror any ceasefire steps, having earlier proposed to Russia a pause in attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter holiday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Leon, in issuing the temporary pause, concluded that the preservationist group behind the legal challenge was likely to succeed because the president lacks the authority to build the ballroom without approval from Congress.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Tony Fauci was not just jerking the country around.—
David Blumenthal,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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The clip on TikTok shows the seat jerking abruptly, apparently from forceful pushes by the person seated behind her.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sentiment in other nations is swaying China’s way, too.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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The grounds are ensconced in swaying palm trees and lotus ponds that offer panoramic vistas of the ocean from nearly every angle.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Wobbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobbling. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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