The whole issue mushrooms up; everyone is thrown into a bit of a "wobbly", and the whole issue gets out of context.

If you feel wobbly or if your legs feel wobbly, you feel weak and have difficulty standing up, especially because you are afraid, ill, or exhausted. She could not maintain her balance and moved in a wobbly …

If something's wobbly, it has a tendency to sway or lurch from side to side, like the wobbly wheel on a broken tricycle or the wobbly legs of a cruise ship passenger who has just set foot on solid ground …

2. unsteady, weak, unstable, shaky, quivery, all of a quiver (informal) His legs felt wobbly after the long flight. 3. shaky, unsteady, tremulous `I want to go home,' she said in a wobbly voice. Collins …

Definition of wobbly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Factsheet What does the adjective wobbly mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective wobbly. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Aug 17, 2025 · wobbly (plural wobblies) Alternative spelling of Wobbly. (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum. synonym Synonyms: see Thesaurus: tantrum