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. |