Thesaurus: wabble

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1. 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.
2. n. A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
3. 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. wobble. A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
4. To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other;to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis ofrotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning orwhirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles. wobble.
5. 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.