Wobbler

Quick meaning: Wobbler is a noun meaning One who or that which wobbles.

Meaning

One who or that which wobbles.

More Meanings

1. A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
2. (curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
3. (colloquial, law) A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.
4. (fishing) A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
5. (colloquial, law) 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.
6. (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.
7. (slang, British, Ireland, Islam, derogatory) a Salafi.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• wobblers

Synonyms for wobbler

Depending on context, synonyms include tantrum, wobbly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wabbler, waddler, bobbler, waffler, totterer, shelf-wobbler.

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