wobbly adj.2
unlikely, ‘shaky’, e.g. of plans or prospects.
St Louis Republican (MO) 30 Aug. 52/4: You’re wabbly just now and don’t know where you’re at. | ||
Hand-made Fables 53: His Execution was a bit wabbly but he could sit up to the Piano and Vamp and Four-Flush. | ||
Inimitable Jeeves 9: Things begin to look wobbly. | ||
(ref. to 1898) Amer. Madam (1981) 284: I was a little wobbly about the whole idea at first. | ||
‘The Castration of the Strawberry Roan’ in Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing (1995) 94: I head for the bunkhouse, I’m nursin’ a beer. / I’m still kind o’ wobbly, I still got the shakes; / I shit like a wild cat, my damned belly aches. | ||
Guardian Guide 14–20 Aug. 54: Enjoyable swashbuckler hampered by a wobbly plot. | ||
Killing Pool 116: Up until that point there is so much that can go wobbly. |
In compounds
Temazepam.
🌐 Jellies or wobbly eggs are Temazepam, a prescription drug in the Benzodiazepine family (this group includes other downers like valium). | ‘Raving in Scotland’ on Ecstasy.org
(US) beer.
Alt. Eng. Dict. 🌐 wobbly pop (noun) beer. |