wobble

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An unsteady motion.
2. A tremulous sound.
3. A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.
4. A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
2. (intransitive) To tremble or quaver.
3. (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.
4. (transitive) To cause to wobble.

Concepts

vaciller

osciller

branler

oscillation

tituber

tremblement

chanceler

barguigner

clocher

hésiter

guidonnage

boiter

jeu

trembler

trembloter

boitiller

dandinement

vacillation

vacillement

culbuto

Synonymes

sway

totter

stagger

shake

🫨

waver

rock

🪨

wabble

swing

oscillate

waddle

vacillate

shimmy

tremble

reel

waggle

wiggle

falter

roll

unsteady

teeter

careen

coggle

wave

👋

wag

move

vibrate

hesitate

wobbling

wriggle

lurch

loose

waffle

🧇

bump

shift

jolt

seesaw

joggle

toddle

rattle

jiggle

quiver

quaver

jerk

bounce

jar

🫙

brandish

dangle

tilt

nod

hang back

Traductions

wiebelen

waggelen

wankelen

weifelen

schwanken

tambalearse

vacilar

tambaleo

oscillare

titubare

wackeln

ταλαντεύομαι

vacilar

zaudern

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɑbl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: wiebelen

Appartenant à allemand: wabbeln

Appartenant à vieux norrois: vafla

In summary

From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).