wobbly

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/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

  1. Unsteady and tending to wobble.
    “wobbly bridge”
    “wobbly chair”
    “wobbly movement”
    “wobbly table”
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adj

  1. Unsteady and tending to wobble.
    “wobbly bridge”
    “wobbly chair”
    “wobbly movement”
    “wobbly table”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.
  3. 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.”

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Etymology

From wobble + -y.

Anagrams of wobbly

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