wobble 1 of 2

verb

ˈwä-bəl How to pronounce wobble (audio)
variants also wabble
Definition of wobblenext
1
as in to shake
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 to sway
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 to hesitate
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 to falter
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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wobble

2 of 2

noun

variants also wabble
as in tremor

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Recent Examples of wobble
Verb
Watch for thick ropey drool, bright red gums and tongue, weakness or wobbling, a rapid heart rate and vomiting or diarrhea. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 The longer uncertainty lingers, the more risk there is for stocks at a moment when the market leaders, chipmakers, are wobbling. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Noun
The payoff is added height without the wobble, and greater comfort during extended periods of time on your feet—ideal for navigating cities on foot. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026 The secret to this climatic pendulum lies in Earth’s precession—that is, the wobble on its axis that completes a cycle roughly every 26,000 years (see also Milankovitch cycles). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for wobble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobble
  1. shake
  2. sway
  3. hesitate
  4. falter
  5. tremor
  6. jerk
  7. lurch
  8. tremble
Verb
  • The heat now poses an additional danger to residents still shaken by the quake, many of whom are sleeping in their cars after their homes were damaged or destroyed.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Chad Gable and Penta shook hands as Gable’s family watched from ringside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of shake
Verb
  • The defense’s argument that a portion of the costs reflected not the damage caused by the protest but gallery officials’ decision on how to repair the floors did not sway the court.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
  • Modi, a third-term leader, tends not to be swayed by protest movements.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of sway
Verb
  • In the front seat of Red Bull’s car, Lodewyck did not hesitate.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • While the environment and systems have evolved and data has increased, organizations still hesitate when decisions must be made.
    — Jorge Couto, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of hesitate
Verb
  • Last year, in the middle of a hot, brutal, economically challenging season that saw many Miami restaurants falter and diners grow wary of spending, Hiyakawa in Wynwood decided to make a temporary change.
    — Connie Ogle July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Doing so is quite handy because conventional LLMs are not very good at dealing with tabular or spreadsheet data (regular LLMs tend to falter or fail when analyzing such data).
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of falter
Noun
  • More than 500 people from as far away as Pleasanton and Glenbrook, Nevada, reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • Residents in the areas that felt the biggest tremors ​must beware of further strong quakes for about a week as well as the risk of landslides, an official for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of tremor
Verb
  • Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also advises against twisting or jerking the tick.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026
Definition of jerk
Verb
  • For example, New York endured weather whiplash on July 18 as the city lurched from a heat wave and smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires to flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped a few inches of rain in a short period of time.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Investors have followed Burnham's path to 10 Downing Street with some consternation, amid fears of a leftward lurch by Labour and a more fiscally loose approach to public spending.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of lurch
Verb
  • Back in their dorm room after the beating, Valentine watched as Okeadu began to tremble uncontrollably.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Each time the leaves trembled, the sunlight filtering through them also wavered.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
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