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Meaning of Wobble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈwɑbl̩

Definitions

  1. An unsteady motion.
  2. A tremulous sound.
  3. A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.
  4. A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

Equivalents

Examples

“The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.”
“That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.”
“There was a wobble on her high notes.”
““I Knew You Were Trouble,” one of the year’s great pop songs, begins like a sock-hop anthem, with jaunty guitars. A dubstep wobble arrives about halfway through like a wrecking ball, changing the course not just of the song but also of Ms. Swift’s career.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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