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wobbles en · NOUN

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  1. (form-of, plural) plural of wobble
    form of wobble
  2. (Australia, informal, plural, plural-only) Unsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc.
    • "We thought everything was alright, then when Luke started to walk we noticed he got the wobbles, and they never left, eight months later he was diagnosed with A-T," she said. 2022 February 16, “Luke's wheeling his way to raising greater A-T awareness”, in NDIS:
  3. (Australia, informal, plural, plural-only) Nervousness which prevents someone from performing properly.
    • You'd have to be impressed with the way the right is stuffing up the post-election transition into opposition. It had the wobbles from the start, electing Peter Dutton as its leader and promptly trying to soften his image. 2022 June 22, Guy Rundle, “The right is coming apart — and Labor needs to step up and help it self-destruct”, in Crikey:
    • England had the wobbles at 4 for 109 and a lead of 115. 2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration, Random House (Australia), →ISBN:

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yips

wobbles en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of wobble
    form of wobble