Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wibbly-wobbly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: wib-bly--wob-bly
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.

Informal

Example Sentences

"(The late S. D. Szakall and Charles Coburn of the movies had the wonderful wibbly-wobbly jowls that this exercise suggests.)"
"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."
"Her heart started to beat like a drum and her legs became two wibbly-wobbly jellies."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more wibbly-wobbly (comparative) most wibbly-wobbly (superlative)

Phrases

wibble-wobble

Frequently Paired Words

wibble-wobble

Questions

What does wibbly-wobbly mean?: Tending to jiggle, quiver, or fluctuate.

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