wobble

wobble
intransitive verb
1) (rock) wackeln; [Kompassnadel:] zittern
2) (go unsteadily) wackeln (ugs.)
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['wobl] 1. verb
(to rock unsteadily from side to side: The bicycle wobbled and the child fell off.) wackeln
2. noun
(a slight rocking, unsteady movement: This wheel has a bit of a wobble.) das Wackeln
- academic.ru/82721/wobbly">wobbly
- wobbliness
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wob·ble
[ˈwɒbl̩, AM ˈwɑ:-]
I. vi
1. (move) wackeln; wheel eiern fam; double chin, jelly, fat schwabbeln fam; legs zittern, schlottern
to \wobble off davonwackeln
2. (tremble) voice zittern
3. ECON (fig: fluctuate) prices, shares schwanken fig
4. (fig: be undecided)
to \wobble on sth bei etw dat schwanken [o unschlüssig sein
II. vt
to \wobble sth an etw dat rütteln
III. n
1. usu sing (movement) Wackeln nt kein pl
there's a slight \wobble in the front wheel das Vorderrad eiert etwas
to have a \wobble chair wackeln
2. usu sing (sound) Vibrieren nt kein pl; of a voice Zittern nt kein pl
3. ECON (fig) Schwankung f
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['wɒbl]
1. n
Wackeln nt

the chair has a wobble — der Stuhl wackelt

2. vi
wackeln; (tightrope walker, dancer also, cyclist) schwanken; (voice, hand, compass needle) zittern; (wheel) eiern (inf), einen Schlag haben; (chin, jelly etc) schwabbeln

he wobbled about on his new bike — er wackelte auf seinem neuen Fahrrad durch die Gegend

his massive stomach was wobbling like a jelly (Brit) — sein rieseger Bauch wabbelte wie ein Wackelpudding (inf)

3. vt
rütteln an (+dat), ruckeln an (+dat), wackeln an (+dat)
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wobble [ˈwɒbl; US ˈwɑ-]
A v/i
1. wackeln (Tisch etc), schwanken (auch Stimme und fig:
between zwischen dat), schwabbeln umg (Pudding etc), schlottern (Knie etc)
2. TECH
a) flattern (Rad)
b) eiern umg (Schallplatte)
B v/t wackeln an (dat) oder mit:
wobble the table
C s
1. Wackeln n, Schwanken n (auch fig)
2. TECH
a) Flattern n
b) Eiern n umg
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intransitive verb
1) (rock) wackeln; [Kompassnadel:] zittern
2) (go unsteadily) wackeln (ugs.)
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v.
schwabbeln v.
schwanken v.

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