2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wabble  \Wab"ble\  (w[o^]b"b'l),  v.  i.  [Cf.  Prov.  G.  wabbeln  to 
  wabble,  and  E.  whap.  Cf  {Quaver}.] 
  To  move  staggeringly  or  unsteadily  from  one  side  to  the 
  other  to  vacillate;  to  move  the  manner  of  a  rotating  disk 
  when  the  axis  of  rotation  is  inclined  to  that  of  the  disk;  -- 
  said  of  a  turning  or  whirling  body;  as  a  top  wabbles;  a  buzz 
  saw  wabbles. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wabble  \Wab"ble\,  n. 
  A  hobbling,  unequal  motion,  as  of  a  wheel  unevenly  hung;  a 
  staggering  to  and  fro. 

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