wobblenoun/ˈwɑbl̩/

• 1

  An unsteady motion.

  • The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.
  • That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.
• 2

  A tremulous sound.

  • There was a wobble on her high notes.
• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.

  • “I Knew You Were Trouble,” one of the year’s great pop songs, begins like a sock-hop anthem, with jaunty guitars. A dubstep wobble arrives about halfway through like a wrecking ball, changing the course not just of the song but also of Ms. Swift’s career.
• 4

  biologygeneticsmedicineA variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

wobbleverb/ˈwɑbl̩/

• 1

  To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

  • the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis
  • the jelly wobbled on the plate
• 2

  To tremble or quaver.

  • The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.
• 3

  To vacillate in one's opinions.

  • I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.
• 4

  To cause to wobble.

  • The boy wobbled the girl's bike.
  • He said: “This front wheel wobbles.” I said: “It doesn’t if you don’t wobble it.” It didn’t wobble, as a matter of fact—nothing worth calling a wobble.