variants
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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variants
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
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
That wobbling can allow Arctic air from the troposphere — or contained within the polar jet stream — to move elsewhere.
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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.
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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.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Your calm precision can keep the whole plan from wobbling.
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Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
The movement feels smooth, and the hinge can be held at almost any angle without wobbling.
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ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Mikael Granlund’s goal was an unfortunate hop, and the third goal, which was scored by Ian Moore, was a wobbling slap shot through hordes of traffic.
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Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Upon your arrival, staffers on the ground floor usher you into elevators that whisk you up 55 stories, the doors opening to knee-wobbling views of the city and the Singapore Strait.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Each increase in weight amplifies these demands, ensuring the robot operates beyond routine conditions while maintaining consistency without wobbling or resets.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 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.
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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
Noun
During testing, the creator found that the stock connection caused excessive wobbling while driving, leading to the development of a custom dual-rod mechanism designed to stabilize head movement.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 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
Art schools, like all schools, are wobbling under the illogic of the cost-benefit math.
—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Your calm precision can keep the whole plan from wobbling.
—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
The movement feels smooth, and the hinge can be held at almost any angle without wobbling.
—
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Mikael Granlund’s goal was an unfortunate hop, and the third goal, which was scored by Ian Moore, was a wobbling slap shot through hordes of traffic.
—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Upon your arrival, staffers on the ground floor usher you into elevators that whisk you up 55 stories, the doors opening to knee-wobbling views of the city and the Singapore Strait.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Each increase in weight amplifies these demands, ensuring the robot operates beyond routine conditions while maintaining consistency without wobbling or resets.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbling
Adjective
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That week’s host, Emily Blunt, did the trembly voice-over.
Noun
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What drives the hesitation is rarely bad code.
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At the center of KeyBanc’s hesitation is Starship, the giant reusable rocket that Musk, the CEO, has described as critical to the future of satellite deployment, deep-space exploration and, eventually, colonization of Mars.
Verb
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With a quick and creative offensive attack producing goals in front of stadium-shaking home crowds, the Americans have already won their group and booked their place in the knockout round.
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In a major rupture, strong shaking could cause severe damage near the fault and in areas built on soft or water-saturated soils, which can amplify shaking.
Verb
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The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.
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When Colombia heads to the polls June 21, the region will be watching to see if the nation joins the right-wing surge across Latin America, with Chile, Honduras, and Costa Rica lurching to the political right over the past year.
Verb
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The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
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While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.
Verb
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Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Nvidia have been faltering recently — and Kalshi traders predict that what the company can charge for chips is also declining.
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After faltering in last year’s Div.
Adjective
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But all that construction could be off to a shaky start, suggests Nerma Caluk, an engineer and lunar specialist for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architecture and structural engineering firm in San Francisco, California.
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After a shaky first quarter that gave way to a nine-point advantage for the Wings, the Valkyries woke up thanks to a huge spark off the bench from Kaitlyn Chen.
Noun
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That pause is the whole story for anyone who holds an insurance policy, because some of the rules in the firing line decide how the algorithms that price your cover are allowed to behave.
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If someone urges you to splurge, smile, breathe, and pause.
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