wobbles
wobbles noun: unsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc. Also the plural of wobble.
Noun
wobbles pl (plural only)
- Unsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc.
- "We thought everything was alright, then when Luke started to walk we noticed he got the wobbles, and they never left, eight months later he was diagnosed with A-T," she said.2022 February 16, “Luke's wheeling his way to raising greater A-T awareness”, in NDIS
- Nervousness which prevents someone from performing properly.
- England had the wobbles at 4 for 109 and a lead of 115.2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration, Random House (Australia), →ISBN
- You'd have to be impressed with the way the right is stuffing up the post-election transition into opposition. It had the wobbles from the start, electing Peter Dutton as its leader and promptly trying to soften his image.2022 June 22, Guy Rundle, “The right is coming apart — and Labor needs to step up and help it self-destruct”, in Crikey
- Synonyms:
- yips
Also used as
wobbles is also the plural of wobble.
wobbles is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of wobble.
Synonyms of wobbles
Phrases with wobbles
Questions about wobbles
- What does wobbles mean?
- Wobbles means unsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc.
- What part of speech is wobbles?
- Wobbles is a noun.
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