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adjectiveInclined to shake as from weakness or defect.usage: "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"synonyms: rickety, wobbly, wonkyVibrating slightly and irregularly; as e. G. With fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze.usage ...

adjectiveInclined to shake as from weakness or defect.usage: "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"synonyms: shaky, wobbly, wonkyAffected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets.usage: "rickety limbs and joints"; "a ...

nounA member of the Industrial Workers of the World. adjectiveInclined to shake as from weakness or defect.usage: "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"synonyms: rickety, shaky, wonky

... 1904–87) actor, dancer; born in Boston. A rubber-legged dancer who appeared on stage and television, he was the wobbly scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. (1939) and received numerous theatre awards including a Tony in 1949.

... acts. He joined the Communist Party in 1919, but broke with his Communist friends in 1928 and from then on worked to combat Communism in organized labor. His autobiography, Wobbly: The Rough and Tumble Story of an American Radical. (1948), vividly describes his political and social beliefs.