"wobbly" meaning in English

See wobbly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-wobbly.ogg Forms: wobblier [comparative], wobbliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒbəli Etymology: From wobble + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wobble|y}} wobble + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} wobbly (comparative wobblier, superlative wobbliest)
  1. Unsteady and tending to wobble. Synonyms: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, unsteady Derived forms: wobbly boots, wobbly cat syndrome, wobbly egg, wobbly hedgehog syndrome, wobbly pop Translations (unsteady and tending to wobble): wankel (Dutch), mank (Dutch), kreupel (Dutch), horjuva (Finnish), vacillant [masculine] (French), chancelant [masculine] (French), valtur (Icelandic), traballante (Italian), ブラブラした (burabura-shita) (Japanese), cādūcus (Latin), tīmangamanga (Maori), ānewanewa (Maori), tatutatu (Maori), шаткий (šatkij) [masculine] (Russian), зыбкий (zybkij) [masculine] (Russian), хистки́й (xystkýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хитки́й (xytkýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-wobbly-en-adj-27Ld3hjV

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-wobbly.ogg Forms: wobblies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbəli Etymology: From wobble + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wobble|y}} wobble + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} wobbly (plural wobblies)
  1. Alternative spelling of Wobbly. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Wobbly Categories (topical): Anger
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  2. (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Synonyms: tantrum
    Sense id: en-wobbly-en-noun-Y1mQeiHJ Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chuck a wobbly, throw a wobbly

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Wobbly"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of Wobbly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Wobbly",
          "Wobbly#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Commonwealth English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "Irish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wobbler",
          "wobbler"
        ],
        [
          "tantrum",
          "tantrum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tantrum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɒb(ə)li/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɑb(ə)li/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-wobbly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-au-wobbly.ogg/En-au-wobbly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-au-wobbly.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒbəli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wobbly"
}

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