Meaning of "wobble" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WOBBLE

Variant of wabble, from Low German wabbeln; related to Middle High German wabelen to waver.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF WOBBLE

ˈwɒbəl

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOBBLE

Wobble is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wobble in English.

WHAT DOES WOBBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wobble

Wobble or wobbles means to shake or wiggle and may also refer to: ▪ Wobble or wobbling effect, an artifact in video known as screen tearing ▪ Wobble base pair, a type of basepair in genetics translation ▪ Wobbler disease, also known as "wobbles", a disorder of the nervous system in dogs and horses ▪ Milankovitch wobble, the change in the axial tilt, axial precession and orbital eccentricity of the earth over long periods of time ▪ Speed wobble, a quick oscillation of primarily just the steerable wheel of a vehicle ▪ Jah Wobble, the British musician ▪ Wobblies, a nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World ▪ A metasyntactic variable, commonly used alongside wibble, wubble, and flob ▪ Wobbles, pedestrianism races Music ▪ Deep oscillating bass mainly used in dubstep or drum and bass music ▪ "Wobble", a single by V.I.C.

Definition of wobble in the English dictionary

The first definition of wobble in the dictionary is to move, rock, or sway unsteadily. Other definition of wobble is to tremble or shake. Wobble is also to vacillate with indecision.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WOBBLE

PRESENT

Present

I wobble

you wobble

he/she/it wobbles

we wobble

you wobble

they wobble

Present continuous

I am wobbling

you are wobbling

he/she/it is wobbling

we are wobbling

you are wobbling

they are wobbling

Present perfect

I have wobbled

you have wobbled

he/she/it has wobbled

we have wobbled

you have wobbled

they have wobbled

Present perfect continuous

I have been wobbling

you have been wobbling

he/she/it has been wobbling

we have been wobbling

you have been wobbling

they have been wobbling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wobbled

you wobbled

he/she/it wobbled

we wobbled

you wobbled

they wobbled

Past continuous

I was wobbling

you were wobbling

he/she/it was wobbling

we were wobbling

you were wobbling

they were wobbling

Past perfect

I had wobbled

you had wobbled

he/she/it had wobbled

we had wobbled

you had wobbled

they had wobbled

Past perfect continuous

I had been wobbling

you had been wobbling

he/she/it had been wobbling

we had been wobbling

you had been wobbling

they had been wobbling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will wobble

you will wobble

he/she/it will wobble

we will wobble

you will wobble

they will wobble

Future continuous

I will be wobbling

you will be wobbling

he/she/it will be wobbling

we will be wobbling

you will be wobbling

they will be wobbling

Future perfect

I will have wobbled

you will have wobbled

he/she/it will have wobbled

we will have wobbled

you will have wobbled

they will have wobbled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wobbling

you will have been wobbling

he/she/it will have been wobbling

we will have been wobbling

you will have been wobbling

they will have been wobbling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would wobble

you would wobble

he/she/it would wobble

we would wobble

you would wobble

they would wobble

Conditional continuous

I would be wobbling

you would be wobbling

he/she/it would be wobbling

we would be wobbling

you would be wobbling

they would be wobbling

Conditional perfect

I would have wobble

you would have wobble

he/she/it would have wobble

we would have wobble

you would have wobble

they would have wobble

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wobbling

you would have been wobbling

he/she/it would have been wobbling

we would have been wobbling

you would have been wobbling

they would have been wobbling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you wobble
we let´s wobble
you wobble

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to wobble

Past participle

wobbled

Present Participle

wobbling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WOBBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wobble» and belong to the same grammatical category.

dither · fluctuate · hesitate · quake · quaking · rock · seesaw · shake · shillyshally · sway · swither · teeter · totter · tremble · tremor · unsteadiness · vacillate · vibrate · vibration · waver

TRANSLATION OF WOBBLE

Find out the translation of wobble to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wobble from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wobble» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 摇晃
• Translator English - Spanish: tambalearse
• English: wobble
• Translator English - Hindi: लड़खड़ा
• Translator English - Arabic: تمايل
• Translator English - Russian: колебание
• Translator English - Portuguese: oscilar
• Translator English - Bengali: কমি্পত হত্তয়া
• Translator English - French: branler
• Translator English - Malay: Goyah
• Translator English - German: wackeln
• Translator English - Japanese: よろめく
• Translator English - Korean: 흔들거리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Wobble
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lung lay
• Translator English - Tamil: தள்ளாட்டம்
• Translator English - Marathi: झोकांड
• Translator English - Turkish: yalpalama
• Translator English - Italian: traballare
• Translator English - Polish: kołysanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: коливання
• Translator English - Romanian: clătina
• Translator English - Greek: ταλάντευση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: waggel
• Translator English - Swedish: wobble
• Translator English - Norwegian: vingle

3 QUOTES WITH «WOBBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wobble.

1

John Hurt

You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not interested.'

2

Janna Levin

I'd like to convince you that the universe has a soundtrack and that soundtrack is played on space itself, because space can wobble like a drum.

3

Rich Lowry

There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOBBLE»

Discover the use of wobble in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wobble and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mrs Wobble the Waitress

Mrs Wobble loves her job as a waitress but, oh dear, there's one big problem - she wobbles!

Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg, 2013

Don't Wobble on the Wakeboard!

Josh uses all his talent and skills to do the best he can in a camp wakeboarding competition.

Chris Kreie, 2011

Women on a Wobble: A Practical Guide for Women Over 40

Changing life roles can lead to an almost traumatic crisis of identity for many women.

Fi Ivin, 2012

Wibble Wobble

A wobbly tooth! Just what William has always wanted. But now he can't leave it alone . . . This is the perfect picture book for sharing and discussing with every child who has a wobbly tooth, and every child who wishes they had one!

Miriam Moss, 2007

Above All, Don't Wobble

Discourses of an Indian sectarian leader.

Osho, 2007

Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Mayhem, Life

Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is a frank and fascinating account of a geezer's life in the music business.

Jah Wobble, 2010

Wobble to Death

In Victorian London, race-walking, or 'wobbles', are all the rage.

Peter Lovesey, 2013

Wobble Bear

Finally at bedtime, Wobble Bear lets his mum carry him up the stairs to bed?what a tiring day! * Written by Ian Whybrow, author of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Ian Whybrow, 2004

Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics: Earth Dynamics

Wilson and Vicente [1990] used 1LS plus modem astrometric and space geodetic data to update their 1980 work, finding a wobble period of 433.0 ± 1 solar days, and a Q of 179 (90 % confidence intervals being 74 to 789). The damping of the ...

David E. Smith, Donald L. Turcotte, 1993

Sofie Meets a Wobble

Meet Pops!

Lois Bagby, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOBBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wobble is used in the context of the following news items.

Watch: NC Officer Lets Loose and Does the Wobble at a Block Party

Patrol Officer David Lee did exactly what "The Wobble" song calls for and got his groove on at a community block party hosted by Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the ... «The Root, Jun 15»

Watch: Cop does 'The Wobble' in viral video

HICKORY, N.C. -- Wobbling his way to community outreach, a video of a police officer dancing at a block party has gone viral. Patrol Officer David Lee of the ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

Watch the moon wobble its way through all of 2015 in this NASA video

As the moon orbits Earth, it keeps the same face oriented toward our planet—almost. From our view, this slight variance—known as libration—looks like a ... «Quartz, May 15»

Speed Wobble

I expected almost no incidences of speed wobble since the onset of today's monocoque carbon frames. Instead 3 in 10 of you report speed wobble on these ... «Slowtwitch, Apr 15»

Ossining's Wobble Cafe wins $50K recipe contest

Krupp, who worked in New Orleans before coming north to Ossining and opening the well-loved Wobble Cafe, was named a finalist in the General Mills ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Mar 15»

Mardi Gras' dancing police officer has new challenger, Officer Cha …

Watch your back, Wobble Cop. Officer Cha Cha is coming for you, and he wants everyone to know which badge has the best boogie on the Mardi Gras season ... «NOLA.com, Feb 15»

NOPD Wobble cop embodies the Mardi Gras spirit as do many other …

"I was raised in the 9th Ward and learned to dance at all the Halloween parties," Harbin, said in 2014 after a video of him doing "the Wobble" went viral on a ... «NOLA.com, Feb 15»

Watch the Pharaohs shake out their version of the Mardi Gras 'Wobble'

The reigning king of "The Wobble" is undoubtedly at the MAMGA Grand Marshal Ball each year. It is literally too big for the dance floor and threatens to spill out ... «AL.com, Feb 15»

You Wobble Like No Other Person on the Planet

Add in another signature: The minute ways you teeter, totter and wobble as you walk can also ID you. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ... «Smithsonian, Dec 14»

'Death wobble' defense falls flat; judge finds driver guilty of …

Although the wreck occurred in May 2012, prosecutors did not learn until a week before the trial that Monaco would introduce the death-wobble defense. «OregonLive.com, Nov 14»