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Meaning of wibbly-wobbly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.

informal

Examples

“(The late S. D. Szakall and Charles Coburn of the movies had the wonderful wibbly-wobbly jowls that this exercise suggests.)”
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.”
Her heart started to beat like a drum and her legs became two wibbly-wobbly jellies.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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