English Dictionary

wobbler

名詞

口語 イギリス英語 俗語

One who or that which wobbles. / A person who is undecided, and might go to either side. / (curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.

日本語の意味

ぐらぐらするもの、またはふらつくもの。 / どちらに流れるか決心がつかず、左右どちらかへ傾きうる、優柔不断な人。 / カーリングにおいて、走行面にしっかりと接していないために左右に揺れながら進む石。

When the vase was bumped, the wobbler teetered threateningly on the edge of the shelf.

花瓶がぶつかると、揺れるものが棚の端で危険なほどよろめいた。

意味（1）

One who or that which wobbles.

意味（2）

A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.

Towns fell to him like so many houses of cards; and the fall of each town represented not only an accession to the prestige of the Royalist commander but a physical accession of strength as the wobblers flocked to the successful army.

意味（3）

(curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.

意味（4）

(colloquial, law) A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled.

意味（5）

(colloquial, law) A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor.

意味（6）

(fishing) A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.

意味（7）

(slang, Britain) A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum.

意味（8）

(advertising) A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.

A wire Wobbler holds a card for counter display

意味（9）

The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.

意味（10）

A boiled leg of mutton.

wobblers （ plural ）