What does wibbly-wobbly mean?
Wibbly-wobbly means (informal) Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate..
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.
(The late S. D. Szakall and Charles Coburn of the movies had the wonderful wibbly-wobbly jowls that this exercise suggests.)
Her heart started to beat like a drum and her legs became two wibbly-wobbly jellies.
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Wibbly-wobbly means (informal) Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate..
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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.
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