1. move unsteadily from side to side: "the table wobbles where the leg is too short"Similarrockmove unsteadilyjiggleswaysee-sawteetershakevibrate
▪ cause to move unsteadily from side to side.
▪ move unsteadily in a particular direction: "they wobble around on their bikes"Similarteetertotterstaggerwalk unsteadilylurch
▪ (of the voice) tremble; quaver: "her voice wobbled dangerously, but she brought it under control"Similartrembleshakequiverquaverwaverrare:quave
▪ hesitate or waver between different courses of action; vacillate:"he is beginning to wobble on the issue"Similarwaverhesitatevacillatedithershilly-shallybe undecidedbe uncertainbe indecisivebe unable to make up one's mindkeep changing one's mindyo-yoswitherinformal:blow hot and cold
noun
1. an unsteady movement from side to side: "the handlebars developed a wobble"Similarunsteady movementtotterteeterswayrockingswayingshaking
▪ a moment of hesitation or vacillation:"the only serious wobble of the campaign"
Word Originearly 18th century (earlier as wabble): probably from obsolete Dutch wabbelen or Low German wabbeln ‘to move to and fro’; related to the verb wave.
