MEANING
1. Rock or sway unevenly, as though balance or support is uncertain.
2. A brief period of uncertainty or reduced steadiness.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- wobble on a base
- wheel wobbles
On the page
The wheel wobbled after striking the curb.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- wobble
- Past tense
- wobbled
- Past participle
- wobbled
- Present participle
- wobbling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- wobble
- Present continuous
- am/is/are wobbling
- Present perfect
- have/has wobbled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been wobbling
- Past
- wobbled
- Past continuous
- was/were wobbling
- Past perfect
- had wobbled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been wobbling
- Future
- will wobble
- Future continuous
- will be wobbling
- Future perfect
- will have wobbled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been wobbling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: wobble; wobbles; wobbled; wobbled; wobbling. Noun singular wobble; plural wobbles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: wobbles.
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