jobble

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jobble (third-person singular simple present jobbles, present participle jobbling, simple past and past participle jobbled)

  1. To wobble.
    • 1852, Hunt's Yachting Magazine, volume 1, page 347:
      At Malta there was a race between little sailing-boats; one boy slung his ballast under the thwart of his boat; there was a slight tumble in the sea; the boat jobbled up and down, but forged away from all the rest and won the race.
    • 2007, Richard Hall, Long George Alley, page 20:
      Miss Mamie Lee had a big belly that jobbled when she laughed.