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Wobbly

Wobbly

See also: wobbly

English

Noun

Wobbly ‎(plural Wobblies)

A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:
  I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.

See also

IWW

Anagrams

blow-by, blowby, by-blow

wobbly

wobbly

See also: Wobbly

English

Adjective

wobbly ‎(comparative wobblier, superlative wobbliest)

Unsteady and tending to wobble.

Synonyms

(not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, unsteady

Derived terms

wobbly pop

Translations

unsteady and tending to wobble

Dutch: wankel (nl),mank (nl),kreupel (nl),
Finnish: horjuva (fi)
French: vacillant (fr) m, chancelant (fr) m

Italian: traballante (it)
Japanese: ブラブラした ‎(burabura-shita)

Noun

wobbly ‎(plural wobblies)

(US, labor union) Alternative spelling of Wobbly
(Britain, slang) A wobbler; a fit of rage.

Anagrams

blow-by, blowby, by-blow

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