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wabble

1

[ wob-uhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

wabbled, wabbling.


wabble

2

[ wob-uhl ]

noun

  1. the larva of a botfly, Cuterebra emasculator, that infests squirrels and other rodents, rendering the males sterile.

wabble

/ ˈɒə /

verb

  1. a variant spelling of wobble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɲ, noun
  • ˈɲ, adjective
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  • ɲb noun
  • ɲbԲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wabble1

Variant of warble 2
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Example Sentences

As the outer edge of the saw runs at a greater velocity than the eye it stretches most, and therefore the equality of tension throughout the saw is destroyed, the outer surface becoming loose and causing the saw to wabble as it revolves, or to run to one side if one side of the timber happens to be harder than the other, as in the case of meeting the edge of a knot.

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If the reamer is not ground square, two only of the edges will be liable to have contact with the work bore, causing the reamer to wabble, and rendering it liable to break.

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But as the boat was propelled, only by the tide, it would “wabble.”

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Wabble, Wobble, wob′l, v.i. to incline alternately to one side and the other: to rock, to vacillate.—n. a hobbling, unequal motion.—ns.

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He’s trying to flounder off—with that funny, teetering kind o’ wabble they have!

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