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wabble

wabble is the alternative spelling of wobble.

Meaning of wobble

Verb

wobble (third-person singular simple present wobbles, present participle wobbling, simple past and past participle wobbled)

  1. (intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
    • the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis
  2. (intransitive) To tremble or quaver.
    • The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.
    Synonyms:
    quaver, quiver, tremble
  3. (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.
    • I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.
  4. (transitive) To cause to wobble.
    • The boy wobbled the girl's bike.
    Synonyms:
    jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

See all 8 meanings of wobble

Forms of wabble

third-person singular presentwabbles
present participlewabbling
past participlewabbled
pastwabbled

Origin of wabble

Compare German wabbeln (“to wabble”), and English whap. Compare quaver.

Words formed from wabble

Questions about wabble

What is wabble the alternative spelling of?
Wabble is the alternative spelling of wobble.

Words near wabble in the dictionary

  1. Wabasha County
  2. Wabaunsee
  3. Wabaunsee County
  4. wabbit
  5. wabbits
  6. wabble
  7. wabbled
  8. wabbler
  9. wabblers
  10. wabbles
  11. wabbling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wabble (page history and authors); wobble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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