"wibble-wobble" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} wibble-wobble
  1. (informal) The sound of something liquidy wobbling (e.g. jello). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-wibble-wobble-en-intj-C2ZbCqIf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47

Verb

Forms: wibble-wobbles [present, singular, third-person], wibble-wobbling [participle, present], wibble-wobbled [participle, past], wibble-wobbled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wibble-wobble (third-person singular simple present wibble-wobbles, present participle wibble-wobbling, simple past and past participle wibble-wobbled)
  1. (informal) To wobble or tremble lightly; to quiver. Tags: informal Related terms: wibbly-wobbly
    Sense id: en-wibble-wobble-en-verb-DwGe51g~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47

Inflected forms

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