Side Unsteady Wobble Wobbled Hesitate Lose Confidence Sth

verb
1 [intransitive, transitive] to move from side to side in an unsteady way; to make sth do this / This chair wobbles. (figurative) Her voice wobbled with emotion.~ sth Don't wobble the table—I'm trying to write.

2 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go in a particular direction while moving from side to side in an unsteady way / He wobbled off on his bike.

3 [intransitive] to hesitate or lose confidence about doing sth / Yesterday the president showed the first signs of wobbling over the issue.

noun

1 [usually singular] a slight unsteady movement from side to side / The handlebars developed a wobble.

2 a moment when you hesitate or lose confidence about sth / The team is experiencing a mid-season wobble.