"wobbly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑb(ə)li/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-wobbly.ogg [Australia] 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), 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 [Australia] 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
    Sense id: en-wobbly-en-noun-LHEeezex Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 49 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 55 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 22 51 27
  2. (colloquial, chiefly British) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum. Tags: British, colloquial Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: tantrum
    Sense id: en-wobbly-en-noun-Y1mQeiHJ Disambiguation of Anger: 26 27 47 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chuck a wobbly, throw a wobbly

Inflected forms

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