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wambling

wambling is the present participle and gerund of wamble.

Meaning of wamble

Verb

wamble (third-person singular simple present wambles, present participle wambling, simple past and past participle wambled)

  1. (dialectal) To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach).
  2. (dialectal) To twist and turn; to wriggle; to roll over.
  3. (dialectal) To wobble, to totter, to waver; to walk with an unsteady gait.
    • Sicily thought of sand flies and wondered how big they were, what color. […] Organs Sicily had not dared contemplate stomped and wambled and scuffed inside of her.2014 May 6, Cathie Pelletier, Wedding on the Banks: A Novel, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 10

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Noun

wambling (plural wamblings)

  1. (dialectal) A churning of the stomach accompanied by nausea.
    • ‘My lord, I woke up this morning about four o'clock. I had such a wambling in my belly ...’2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 524

Forms of wambling

pluralwamblings

Questions about wambling

What does wambling mean?
Wambling means a churning of the stomach accompanied by nausea.
What is wambling the present participle and gerund of?
Wambling is the present participle and gerund of wamble.
What part of speech is wambling?
Wambling is a noun.
What is the plural of wambling?
The plural of wambling is wamblings.

Words near wambling in the dictionary

  1. wambled
  2. wambles
  3. wamblier
  4. wambliest
  5. wambliness
  6. wambling
  7. wamblingly
  8. wamblings
  9. wambly
  10. Wamboin
  11. Wambold

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