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Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

1. An unsteady motion.

#:The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.

1. A tremulous sound.

#:There was a wobble on her high notes.

Synonyms
(unsteady motion): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble
(tremulous sound): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

Translations
trans-top|unsteady motion
Finnish: vaappuminen, huojunta, horjunta
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Japanese: ���� (furafura), ���� (burabura)
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trans-top|tremulous sound
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Japanese: �� (furue)
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Verb
en-verb|wobbl|ing

1. intransitive To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

#:The Earth wobbles slowly on its axis .
#:The jelly wobbled on the plate.

1. intransitive To tremble or quaver.

#:The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.

1. intransitive To vacillate in one's opinions.

#:I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.

1. transitive To cause to wobble.

#:The boy wobbled the girl's bike.

Synonyms
(move with an uneven or rocking motion): judder, shake, shudder, tremble
(quaver): quaver, quiver, tremble
(vacillate): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver
(cause to wobble): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

Translations
trans-top|move or with an uneven or rocking motion
Finnish: vaappua, horjua, huojua
French: osciller, branler
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Japanese: ������ (burabura-suru), ��� (furueru), ��� (bureru)
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trans-top|quaver
Finnish: väristä
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (furueru)
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trans-top|vacillate
Finnish: olla kahden vaiheilla
French: vaciller
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Japanese: ������ (burabura-suru), ��� (bureru)
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trans-top|cause to wobble
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Japanese: ������� (burabura-saseru), ��� (yurasu)
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