Meanings
- Australiainformalpluralplural onlyUnsteadiness on one's feet, wheels, etc.
"We thought everything was alright, then when Luke started to walk we noticed he got the wobbles, and they never left, eight months later he was diagnosed with A-T," she said.
2022 February 16, “Luke's wheeling his way to raising greater A-T awareness”, in NDIS - Australiainformalpluralplural onlyNervousness which prevents someone from performing properly.
England had the wobbles at 4 for 109 and a lead of 115.
2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration, Random House (Australia), →ISBN1 more example
You'd have to be impressed with the way the right is stuffing up the post-election transition into opposition. It had the wobbles from the start, electing Peter Dutton as its leader and promptly trying to soften his image.
2022 June 22, Guy Rundle, “The right is coming apart — and Labor needs to step up and help it self-destruct”, in CrikeySynonyms: yips
- pluralplural of wobble
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of wobble
Synonyms & antonyms
nounNervousness which prevents someone from performing properly.
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