wobble

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• General-American: /ˈwɑbl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɒbl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɒbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: W AA1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: поклащане (poklaštane) — unsteady motion
• Catalan: balandreig — unsteady motion
• Catalan: oscil·lació — unsteady motion
• Catalan: vacil·lació — unsteady motion
• Czech: kývaní — unsteady motion
• Czech: kmitání — unsteady motion
• Czech: třesení — unsteady motion
• Finnish: vaappuminen — unsteady motion
• Finnish: huojunta — unsteady motion
• Finnish: horjunta — unsteady motion
• French: vacillement — unsteady motion
• German: Schwanken — unsteady motion
• Japanese: フラフラ (furafura) — unsteady motion
• Japanese: ブラブラ (burabura) — unsteady motion
• Māori: tāngarangara — unsteady motion
• Māori: tītakataka — unsteady motion
• Māori: ānewanewa — unsteady motion
• Māori: hūkokikoki — unsteady motion
• Persian: لمبر (lambar) — unsteady motion
• Portuguese: cambaleio — unsteady motion
• Portuguese: vacilação — unsteady motion
• Russian: шата́ние (šatánije) — unsteady motion
• Russian: кача́ние (kačánije) — unsteady motion
• Russian: колеба́ние (kolebánije) — unsteady motion
• Serbo-Croatian: glavinjanje — unsteady motion
• Spanish: tambaleo — unsteady motion
• Spanish: bamboleo — unsteady motion
• Swedish: vingla — unsteady motion
• Bulgarian: треперене (treperene) — tremulous sound
• German: Zittern — tremulous sound
• German: Tremolo — tremulous sound
• German: Beben — tremulous sound
• Japanese: 震え (furue) — tremulous sound
• Russian: дрожа́ние (drožánije) — tremulous sound
• Bulgarian: поклащам се (poklaštam se) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Bulgarian: клатушкам се (klatuškam se) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Catalan: balandrejar — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Catalan: oscil·lar — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Catalan: vacil·lar — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Catalan: trontollar — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Czech: klátit se — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Czech: potácet se — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Czech: kymácet se — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Czech: zakymácet se — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Czech: viklat se — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Dutch: wiebelen — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Dutch: wankelen — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Esperanto: vobli — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Finnish: vaappua — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Finnish: horjua — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Finnish: huojua — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• French: osciller — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• French: branler — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• French: vaciller — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• German: wackeln — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• German: eiern — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Hungarian: inog — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Japanese: ブラブラする (burabura-suru) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Japanese: 震える (furueru) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Japanese: ぶれる (bureru) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Latin: vacillo — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Latin: labō — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Māori: hūkokikoki — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Māori: pareti — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Māori: tāngarangara — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Māori: whakatahataha — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Polish: chwiać się — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Polish: zachwiać się — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Portuguese: cambalear — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Portuguese: vacilar — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Portuguese: titubear — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Russian: виля́ть (viljátʹ) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Russian: вихля́ть (vixljátʹ) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Russian: идти́ шата́ясь (idtí šatájasʹ) — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Spanish: tambalearse — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Spanish: bambolearse — move with an uneven or rocking motion
• Bulgarian: треперя (treperja) — quaver
• Czech: třást se — quaver
• Czech: chvět se — quaver
• Finnish: väristä — quaver
• German: trillern — quaver
• Japanese: 震える (furueru) — quaver
• Russian: кача́ться (kačátʹsja) — quaver
• Russian: шата́ться (šatátʹsja) — quaver
• Russian: дрожать (drožatʹ) — quaver
• Bulgarian: колебая се (kolebaja se) — vacillate
• Czech: kolísat — vacillate
• Czech: váhat — vacillate
• Czech: zakolísat — vacillate
• Czech: zaváhat — vacillate
• Finnish: olla kahden vaiheilla — vacillate
• French: vaciller — vacillate
• German: schwanken — vacillate
• Japanese: ブラブラする (burabura-suru) — vacillate
• Japanese: ぶれる (bureru) — vacillate
• Polish: wahać się — vacillate
• Russian: колеба́ться (kolebátʹsja) — vacillate
• Spanish: vacilar — vacillate
• Bulgarian: разклащам (razklaštam) — cause to wobble
• Czech: rozkolísat — cause to wobble
• Dutch: wiebelen — cause to wobble
• Japanese: ブラブラさせる (burabura-saseru) — cause to wobble
• Japanese: 揺らす (yurasu) — cause to wobble
• Russian: кача́ть (kačátʹ) — cause to wobble
• Russian: раска́чивать (raskáčivatʹ) — cause to wobble
• Russian: шата́ть (šatátʹ) — cause to wobble