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Definition of wibble in English: wibbleverb ˈwɪb(ə)lˈwɪb(ə)lˈwɪbəl [no object]British informal 1Wobble; quiver. Example sentencesExamples - Now, before we all start running out into the street and wibbling our hands in the air, let's get a bit of perspective here.
- I, of course, had a distinct disadvantage because even though I could wibble and wobble the pole he could just as easily jut and jab at me, scoring points.
- Jane wibbled anxiously in her wheelchair, which creaked ominously underneath her bulk.
- Old lady in disabled seat wibbles uncomfortably in her chair.
- A cyclist, feet bound to the pedals in special shoes, falling over at the traffic lights after wibbling and wobbling on the spot, waiting for the lights to change.
2Speak or write vaguely or at great length. Example sentencesExamples - He wibbles on about how people used to be persecuted by the Church for saying things about God and the earth going round Uranus and what not.
- Some fanatical moron is wibbling on about something hopelessly biased, and hopelessly wrong.
- Funnily enough, I've wondered for a few weeks about what to do with the election on here, and nothing ever seems particularly satisfactory, so I've opted just to carry on wibbling away about anything regardless.
- One minute and two seconds of Mrs. Lennon wibbling away about her fragile state of mind.
- Open up to me, they wibble, until you open up to them, and then they resent that you're not more strong, silent and dependable.
Derivativesadjective ˈwɪb(ə)li British informal Tending to move unsteadily from side to side; wobbly. Luke had a wibbly wobbly tooth Example sentencesExamples - my knees went all wibbly
- We all walk the wibbly wobbly walk, and we all talk the wibbly wobbly talk.
- So the wibbly studio effects and skewed instrumentation used to paper over the cracks last time round haven't been abandoned, and now they're employed with a verve and confidence that resonates throughout the album right from the get-go.
- Draped over some wibbly synths and pounding piano chords, we're somewhat thankful it doesn't last more than ninety seconds.
OriginLate 19th century: independent usage of the first element of the reduplication wibble-wobble. Definition of wibble in US English: wibbleverbˈwibəlˈwɪbəl [no object]British informal 1Wobble; quiver. Example sentencesExamples - Jane wibbled anxiously in her wheelchair, which creaked ominously underneath her bulk.
- Now, before we all start running out into the street and wibbling our hands in the air, let's get a bit of perspective here.
- Old lady in disabled seat wibbles uncomfortably in her chair.
- I, of course, had a distinct disadvantage because even though I could wibble and wobble the pole he could just as easily jut and jab at me, scoring points.
- A cyclist, feet bound to the pedals in special shoes, falling over at the traffic lights after wibbling and wobbling on the spot, waiting for the lights to change.
2Speak or write vaguely or at great length. Example sentencesExamples - He wibbles on about how people used to be persecuted by the Church for saying things about God and the earth going round Uranus and what not.
- Funnily enough, I've wondered for a few weeks about what to do with the election on here, and nothing ever seems particularly satisfactory, so I've opted just to carry on wibbling away about anything regardless.
- One minute and two seconds of Mrs. Lennon wibbling away about her fragile state of mind.
- Open up to me, they wibble, until you open up to them, and then they resent that you're not more strong, silent and dependable.
- Some fanatical moron is wibbling on about something hopelessly biased, and hopelessly wrong.
OriginLate 19th century: independent usage of the first element of the reduplication wibble-wobble. |