dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/wab_MW.json

{
  "wabble":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to wobble":[],
      ": to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side":[],
      ": tremble , quaver":[],
      ": waver , vacillate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203339",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "wabbling":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to wobble":[],
      ": to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side":[],
      ": tremble , quaver":[],
      ": waver , vacillate":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164103",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "wabbly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hobbling or rocking unequal motion (as of a wheel unevenly mounted)":[],
      ": an intermittent variation (as in volume of sound)":[],
      ": an uncertainly directed movement":[],
      ": to cause to wobble":[],
      ": to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side":[],
      ": tremble , quaver":[],
      ": waver , vacillate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The vase wobbled but didn't fall over.",
      "The boy was wobbling along on his bicycle.",
      "The table wobbles a little.",
      "They have been wobbling in their support of the president's policies.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Focus on being a better person, instead of trying to make the world wobble on its axis. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 21 May 2022",
      "Tatum might have been at his best early in the third quarter, when the Celtics started to wobble the champs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
      "Balenciaga, for example, does a pair of screen printed viscose jeans that wobble like a deep fake. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "The show certainly has fun stuff \u2014 watching the funny Kelvin Rolston Jr., wobble and skate around is a great time \u2014 but in Act 1, that crucial sense of truth is mostly elusive. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
      "Damaged or dirty blades will cause the ceiling fan to wobble and rattle. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
      "If the piece is in good condition, the arm won\u2019t wobble or creak. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
      "Someone needed to sit on the cartridge, forcing it not to wobble . \u2014 Jolene Latimer, refinery29.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "James looks so similar to Anderson in some scenes that the lines between truth and fiction seem to wobble a little. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Stop your ceiling fan from rattling with these straightforward steps to fix the wobble and balance the blades. \u2014 Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 May 2022",
      "There was a little wobble about their name amongst the Island staff\u2014they were being called the U2s. \u2014 Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "Watching her wobble between options was one of the year's distinct pleasures. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Implanting one of these devices in brain matter is like mounting a painting on Jell-O. With each wobble , there\u2019s a chance that the electrodes will tear up cells and connections, or drift and lose contact with their original neurons. \u2014 Kelly Clancy, Wired , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Seaweed custard gleamed beneath the spotlights, sealed with a wobble of bone marrow and a dollop of caviar shining like a ripe blackberry. \u2014 Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Isa, whose bar routines have hovered around the 9.875 range, had only a slight wobble on a handstand that prevented her from getting a 10.0 as well. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "On a normal track, that might lead to a wobble that drivers can often save, but slows them down. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Austria\u2019s Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller survived a wobble before the finish to get the bronze. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1657, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Low German wabbeln ; akin to Old English w\u01e3fre restless \u2014 more at waver":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "bucket",
      "convulse",
      "jerk",
      "jiggle",
      "joggle",
      "jolt",
      "jounce",
      "judder",
      "quake",
      "quiver",
      "shake",
      "shudder",
      "vibrate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044726",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}