wobbles
Moves with instability
Wobbles is a plural noun and third-person verb from wobble—to move unsteadily from side to side.
A table wobbles on uneven ground; a toddler wobbles learning to walk.
The chair wobbles on its broken leg.
The wobbles, as a noun phrase, describes a state of unsteadiness or nervous uncertainty: I got the wobbles before my presentation.
Sway without stability
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
- swayRock back and forth
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
falter · stumble · lurch · stagger · topple · balance · precarious · unstable
Rapid oscillating movement
- jiggleShake with small movements
- wiggleMove with small twists
- shimmyRapid side-to-side shaking
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
tremor · undulation · pulsation · flutter · bobbing · swaying · rocking · bouncing
Hesitate or fluctuate
- vacillateWaver between choices
- hesitatePause in uncertainty
- ditherNervous inability to choose
- equivocateSpeak vaguely to mislead
waffle · fluctuate · hem and haw · uncertain · irresolute · ambivalent · torn · flip-flop
teeter
Sway without stability
unsteady · falter · stumble · lurch · stagger · topple · balance · precarious · unstable · rickety
vibration
Rapid oscillating movement
quiver · tremor · undulation · pulsation · flutter · bobbing · swaying · rocking · bouncing · rippling
waver
Hesitate or fluctuate
equivocate · waffle · fluctuate · hem and haw · uncertain · irresolute · ambivalent · torn · flip-flop · second-guess
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
wobblessteadies
Makes firm or stable
stabilizes · holds firm · balances · holds steady · anchors
- wobbly knees
- wobbly legsUnstable lower supports
- wobbly bits
- wobble boardTilting fitness platform
- death wobbleDangerous steering oscillation
- Chandler wobbleEarth's axial deviation cycle