wobbly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 6
/ˈwɒb(ə)li/
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/ˈwɒb(ə)li/ · /ˈwɑb(ə)li/ · /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ (UK)
Definition of wobbly
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Unsteady and tending to wobble.
“wobbly bridge”
“wobbly chair”
“wobbly movement”
“wobbly table”
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adj
-
Unsteady and tending to wobble.
“wobbly bridge”
“wobbly chair”
“wobbly movement”
“wobbly table”
noun
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.
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A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.
“The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it.”
“I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From wobble + -y.
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