different between woggle vs wobble

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???l

Etymology 1

1923, coined in Australia by Bill Shankley, from earlier American boondoggle. Popularized from 1929 by use in Scouting for Boys, 14th edition, by Baden-Powell.

Noun

woggle (plural woggles)

1. A Boy Scout's neckerchief clasp or slide, originally a loop or ring of leather.

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

woggle (third-person singular simple present woggles, present participle woggling, simple past and past participle woggled)

1. (archaic, dialect) Alternative spelling of waggle

See also

• hornswoggle
• boondoggle

References

English

Etymology

From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?bl?/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

wobble (plural wobbles)

1. An unsteady motion.
2. A tremulous sound.

3. (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep
4. (genetics) A variation in the third codon that codes for a specific aminoacid

Synonyms

• (unsteady motion): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble
• (tremulous sound): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

Translations

Verb

wobble (third-person singular simple present wobbles, present participle wobbling, simple past and past participle wobbled)

1. (intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

2. (intransitive) To tremble or quaver.

3. (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.

4. (transitive) To cause to wobble.

Synonyms

• (move with an uneven or rocking motion): judder, shake, shudder, tremble
• (quaver): quaver, quiver, tremble
• (vacillate): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver
• (cause to wobble): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• beblow