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death wobble

death wobble noun: severe vibration and instability of a motor vehicle.

Noun

death wobble (plural death wobbles)

  1. (informal) Severe vibration and instability of a motor vehicle.
    • I hit a pothole at high speed and my motorbike went straight into a death wobble.

Forms of death wobble

pluraldeath wobbles
alternative formspeed wobble

Origin of death wobble

From the fact that this phenomenon increases the likelihood of a (deadly) accident to occur.

Questions about death wobble

What does death wobble mean?
Death wobble means severe vibration and instability of a motor vehicle.
What part of speech is death wobble?
Death wobble is a noun.
What is the plural of death wobble?
The plural of death wobble is death wobbles.

Words near death wobble in the dictionary

  1. death warrants
  2. death whistle
  3. death whistles
  4. death wish
  5. death wishes
  6. death wobble
  7. death wobbles
  8. death zone
  9. death zones
  10. death's head
  11. death's head moth

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