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Wobble   /wˈɑbəl/   Listen
Wobble

verb
1.
Move unsteadily.  Synonym: coggle.  "The old cart wobbled down the street"
2.
Move sideways or in an unsteady way.  Synonyms: careen, shift, tilt.
3.
Tremble or shake.  Synonym: shimmy.
noun
1.
An unsteady rocking motion.



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"Wobble" Quotes from Famous Books



... little Lottie, left behind again, because she found it so fearfully hard to get over the stile by herself. When she stood on the first step her knees began to wobble; she grasped the post. Then you had to put one leg over. But which leg? She never could decide. And when she did finally put one leg over with a sort of stamp of despair—then the feeling was awful. She was ...
— The Garden Party • Katherine Mansfield

... the man was finally roused to that degree that he was able to wobble forward, partly supported by his two friends, one of whom ...
— The Phantom of the River • Edward S. Ellis

... him that time, Frank!" exclaimed Bob just then, though he could hardly believe his eyes at seeing the monster growing weaker. "He's a goner, as sure as shooting! Look at him wobble! Wow! there he goes over, to make his last kick! Frank, just think of me having a hand in the killing of such royal game! A real grizzly! Oh! I ...
— The Saddle Boys of the Rockies - Lost on Thunder Mountain • James Carson

... chewed by every mad dog in the world. What lips there were everywhere! Bright scarlet splashes in dead-white faces. Thin red gashes that suggested rat-traps instead of kisses. Bulbous, flabby lips that would wobble and shiver if attention failed them. Lips of a horrid fascination that one looked at and hated and ran to. . . . Looking at him slyly or boldly, they passed along, and turned after a while and repassed him, and turned again ...
— Here are Ladies • James Stephens

... you pulled both reins at the same time, instead of one at a time," put in Heathcote, "she wouldn't wobble so much." ...
— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed


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