Meaning of Wobbler | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who or that which wobbles.
2. A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
3. A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
4. A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.
   colloquial
5. A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor.
   colloquial
6. A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
7. A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
8. a Salafi.
   British, Ireland, derogatory, slang
9. A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.
10. The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.
11. A boiled leg of mutton.

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Examples

“Towns fell to him like⟳ so many houses of cards; and the fall⟳ of each town represented not only an accession to the prestige of the Royalist commander but a physical accession of strength as the wobblers flocked to the successful army.”

“A wire "Wobbler" holds a card for counter display”

“Yesterday saw⟳ the launch⟳ of the initiative, which will use⟳ advertising “shelf wobblers” that usually publicise special offers to encourage⟳ Bristol shoppers to bring⟳ back their plastic bottles for recycling.”

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