adjective, noun
adjective (informal)
1 moving in an unsteady way from side to side:
a chair with a wobbly leg * a wobbly tooth * He's still a bit wobbly after the operation (= not able to stand firmly).
2 not firm or confident
SYNSHAKY:
the wobbly singing of the choir * The evening got off to a wobbly start.
Part of speech: noun
IDIOMS
throw a wobbly (BrE, informal) to suddenly become very angry or upset:
My parents threw a wobbly when I told them.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is wobbly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, wobbly is tagged as noun.
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