wibblev.

Brit.

/ˈwɪbl/, U.S.

/ˈwɪb(ə)l/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: wobble v.

Etymology: Alteration of wobble v. Compare earlier wibble-wobble n. In sense 2 perhaps partly after drivel v., witter v.², gabble v., etc.

1. intransitive. To wobble; frequently in wibble and wobble. Cf. wibble-wobble n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > wobble

babble1440

cocker1553

cockle1634

wobble1772

wibble1871

woggle1871

1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See I. ii. 49 The ample round red face, which wibbled and wobbled in its billowy fatness.

1987 T. Janowitz Cannibal in Manhattan xix. 139 The way he sawed away at the popular air, his chin wibbling over the edge of his violin, it was certainly something.

1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 83/3 No one holds a rifle absolutely steady. Everyone wibbles and wobbles.

2. intransitive. British slang. To speak or write, especially at great length, without saying anything important; to witter or waffle; to talk drivel. Frequently with on. Also transitive with direct speech as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

1989 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) Blackadder. We tell HQ that I have gone insane and I will be invalided back to Blighty before you can say ‘wibble’, a poor gormless idiot... Go on—ask me some simple questions. Baldrick. What is your name? Blackadder. Wibble.]

1994 Independent 5 Apr. 24/3 There's a pause [in the game] while an ancient sage with a racoon on his chin wibbles on about the impossibility of screens to come..and then it's back for an even more hellish melée with faster, larger and trickier opponents.

1996 ikon Jan. 42/1 ‘I am a licence fee-funded radio station..’ wibbles Matthew Bannister, the controller who killed Smashie and Nicey and deliberately lost Radio 1 five million listeners.

1999 S. Stewart Sharking xi. 185 ‘It used to be the same down the Ministry’, I wibbled.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wibble
释义	wibblev. Brit. /ˈwɪbl/, U.S. /ˈwɪb(ə)l/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: wobble v. Etymology: Alteration of wobble v. Compare earlier wibble-wobble n. In sense 2 perhaps partly after drivel v., witter v.², gabble v., etc. 1. intransitive. To wobble; frequently in wibble and wobble. Cf. wibble-wobble n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > wobble babble1440 cocker1553 cockle1634 wobble1772 wibble1871 woggle1871 1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See I. ii. 49 The ample round red face, which wibbled and wobbled in its billowy fatness. 1987 T. Janowitz Cannibal in Manhattan xix. 139 The way he sawed away at the popular air, his chin wibbling over the edge of his violin, it was certainly something. 1994 Ontario Out of Doors Sept. 83/3 No one holds a rifle absolutely steady. Everyone wibbles and wobbles. 2. intransitive. British slang. To speak or write, especially at great length, without saying anything important; to witter or waffle; to talk drivel. Frequently with on. Also transitive with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 1989 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) Blackadder. We tell HQ that I have gone insane and I will be invalided back to Blighty before you can say ‘wibble’, a poor gormless idiot... Go on—ask me some simple questions. Baldrick. What is your name? Blackadder. Wibble.] 1994 Independent 5 Apr. 24/3 There's a pause [in the game] while an ancient sage with a racoon on his chin wibbles on about the impossibility of screens to come..and then it's back for an even more hellish melée with faster, larger and trickier opponents. 1996 ikon Jan. 42/1 ‘I am a licence fee-funded radio station..’ wibbles Matthew Bannister, the controller who killed Smashie and Nicey and deliberately lost Radio 1 five million listeners. 1999 S. Stewart Sharking xi. 185 ‘It used to be the same down the Ministry’, I wibbled. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas wibble wibble n. as a simple word (in collocation with wobble).extracted from wibble-wobblen. < v.1871 as lemmas
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wibblev.

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