wobble

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I maintain that the wobble is the chief cause of climate change, just as the tilt of the axis gives us summer and winter.

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  1. intransitive verb To move or rotate with an uneven or rocking motion or unsteadily from side to side.
  2. intransitive verb To tremble or quaver: The child's voice wobbled with emotion.
  3. intransitive verb To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.

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  • It would not have occurred to Hind to wiggle or wobble, and since Sufyan appeared to get through it all with an absolute minimum of motion, she took it -- had always taken it -- that the two of them were of the same mind on this matter, viz., that it was a dirty business, not to be discussed before or after, and not to be drawn attention to during, either. —  The Satanic Verses
  • Mimi stands up with a wobble, her face already rosy from too much champagne. —  The Kitchen God's wife
  • It spotted a gas giant in the right place to cause the star's wobble, as seen from Earth. —  Across The Sea Of Suns
  • Another few thumps and the left armrest began to wobble, and soon after that it was shaky enough to create some slack in the criss-crossed cords. —  Boiling a Frog
  • I maintain that the wobble is the chief cause of climate change, just as the tilt of the axis gives us summer and winter. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. Probably from Low German wabbeln; see webh- in Indo-European roots.
 

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/ˈwɑbl/
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