Wobbly (redirected from Wobblies)

Wob·bly  (wbl)

n. pl. Wob·blies

A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a chiefly US labor organization dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, active especially in the early 1900s.

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[From I Wobbly Wobbly, humorous alteration of I(ndustrial) W(orkers of the) W(orld).]

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wob·bly  (wbl)

adj. wob·bli·er, wob·bli·est

Tending to wobble; unsteady.

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wobbli·ness n.

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wobbly [ˈwɒblɪ]

adj -blier, -bliest

1. unsteady

2. trembling, shaking

n

throw a wobbly Slang to become suddenly very agitated or angry

wobbliness  n

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Wobbly [ˈwɒblɪ]

n pl -blies

(Historical Terms) a member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Wobbly - a member of the Industrial Workers of the World radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
Adj.	1.	wobbly - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" rickety, shaky, wonky unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

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wobbly

adjective

1. unstable, shaky, unsafe, uneven, teetering, unbalanced, tottering, rickety, unsteady, wonky (Brit. slang) I was sitting on a wobbly plastic chair.

2. unsteady, weak, unstable, shaky, quivery, all of a quiver (informal) His legs felt wobbly after the long flight.

3. shaky, unsteady, tremulous `I want to go home,' she said in a wobbly voice.

Translations

wobbly [ˈwɒblɪ]

A. ADJ (wobblier (compar) (wobbliest (superl))) [chair, table] → cojo, que se tambalea; [tooth, wheel] → flojo, que se mueve; [cyclist] → inseguro; [voice, jelly] → temblón; [bottom, thighs] → flácido
his legs are a bit wobbly; he's a bit wobbly on his legs → tiene las piernas un poco flojas
she drew a wobbly line → trazó una línea irregular

B. N to throw a wobbly → ponerse histérico

wobbly [ˈwɒbli] adj

[chair, table] → branlant(e); [teeth] → qui bouge; [jelly] → tremblant(e)

(= weak) [person] → chancelant(e); [legs] → flageolant(e)
to feel wobbly [person] → avoir les jambes flageolantes

wobbly

adj (+er) → wackelig; voice, notes also, hand → zitterig, zitternd; jelly → (sch)wabbelig; wheel → eiernd; to be wobbly (inf, after illness) → wackelig auf den Beinen sein (inf); to feel wobbly → sich schwach fühlen, wackelig auf den Beinen sein (inf)

n (inf: = fit of rage) to throw a wobbly → ausrasten (inf), → einen Wutanfall bekommen

wobbly [ˈwɒblɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hand, voice) → tremante; (table, chair) → traballante; (object about to fall) → che oscilla pericolosamente; (wheel) → che ha troppo gioco
to feel wobbly (person) → sentirsi debole