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WOBBLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wobbling mean?
• WOBBLING (adjective)
The adjective WOBBLING has 1 sense:
1. (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
Familiarity information: WOBBLING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of sound) fluctuating unsteadily
Context example:
a low-pitched wobbling sound
Similar:
unsteady (subject to change or variation)
Context examples
He held on to the bar, his legs wobbling under him, Martin's arm around him and supporting him, while he thought.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The jaws stopped working, the ears ceased wobbling, and though eyes remained glued on plates, each man listened greedily for the answer.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The other four men glued their eyes on their plates and chewed steadily and with thoughtful precision, their ears moving and wobbling, in time with their jaws, like the ears of so many animals.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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