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Wobbly

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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.

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

wob·bly  (wbl)
adj. wob·bli·er, wob·bli·est
Tending to wobble; unsteady.

wobbli·ness n.

wobbly
Adjective
[-blier, -bliest]
1. unsteady
2. trembling
Noun
throw a wobbly Slang to become suddenly angry or upset
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

wobbly
2. unsteady, weak, unstable, shaky, quivery, all of a quiver (informal)
Translations
wobbly [ˈwɔblɪ] adj [hand, voice] → tembloroso; [table, chair] → tambaleante, cojo
wobbly [ˈwɔblɪ] adjtremblant(e)branlant(e)
wobbly [ˈwɔblɪ] wobble adj [hand, voice] → zitt(e)rig; [table, chair] → wack(e)lig;
to feel wobbly → sich wack(e)lig fühlen
wobbly [ˈwɔblɪ] adj [hand, voice] → tremante; [table, chair] → traballante; [object about to fall] → che oscilla pericolosamente


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Then I grasped the paddle, and with feverish haste urged the awkward, wobbly thing out upon the surface of the sea.
You gotta be up against the real thing, fightin' for life, round after round, with a husky you know ain't lost a thread of his silk yet--then, if you don't blow up, if your legs is steady, an' your heart ain't burstin', an' you ain't wobbly at all, an' no signs of queer street in your head--why, then you know you still got all your silk.
Crawling behind an infirm horse, a metropolitan hackney carriage drew up on wobbly wheels and with a maimed driver on the box.
 
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