wibbly-wobbly

adjective

Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.

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adjectivewibbly-wobbly (comparative more wibbly-wobbly, superlative most wibbly-wobbly)

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  1. informalTending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.

    Her heart started to beat like a drum and her legs became two wibbly-wobbly jellies.

    2009, Geri Halliwell, Ugenia Lavender, Macmillan Children's Books, →ISBN, page 78
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    (The late S. D. Szakall and Charles Coburn of the movies had the wonderful wibbly-wobbly jowls that this exercise suggests.)

    2001, Doe Lang, Charisma: Discover and Unleash Your Hidden Powers, Fine Communications, →ISBN, page 70

    The Doctor: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff.

    2007 9 June, Steven Moffat, "Blink", episode 3-10 of Doctor Who, 00:31:15–00:37:51
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