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n. tottering or swaying motion; shaking, quaking, quivering; wavering, hesitation | ||||
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| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Wabble
(v. i.)
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
(n.)
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
(v. i.)
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
(n.)
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
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wabble
\wab"ble\ (w&obreve;b"b'l), v. i. [cf. prov. g. wabbeln to wabble, and e. whap. cf. quaver.] to move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
wabble
\wab"ble\, n. a hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
wabble
\wab"ble\ (w&obreve;b"b'l), v. i. [cf. prov. g. wabbeln to wabble, and e. whap. cf. quaver.] to move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles.
wabble
\wab"ble\, n. a hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.