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wibble-wobble — … Useful english dictionary
wibble — 1871, from wibble wobble (1847), a colloquial reduplication of WOBBLE (Cf. wobble) … Etymology dictionary
wibble — ► VERB informal 1) another term for WOBBLE(Cf. ↑wobble). 2) Brit. speak or write at length and to no purpose. DERIVATIVES wibbly adjective. ORIGIN from wibble wobble; sense 2 is perhaps a different word and influenced by DRIVEL … English terms dictionary
wibble — verb informal 1》 another term for wobble. 2》 Brit. speak or write at length. Derivatives wibbly adjective Origin C19: independent usage of the first element of the reduplication wibble wobble; sense 2 is perh. a different word and influenced by… … English new terms dictionary
wibbly — wibble ► VERB informal 1) another term for WOBBLE(Cf. ↑wobble). 2) Brit. speak or write at length and to no purpose. DERIVATIVES wibbly adjective. ORIGIN from wibble wobble; sense 2 is perhaps a different word and influenced by DRIVEL … English terms dictionary
Metasyntactic variable — For the term as used in formal logic, see Metavariable (logic). In computer science, programmers use metasyntactic variables to describe a placeholder name or an alias term commonly used to denote the subject matter under discussion or an… … Wikipedia
Serpin — Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The name serpin is derived from this activity serine protease inhibitors. [cite journal |author=R. Carrell and J.… … Wikipedia
alternate — Synonyms and related words: advocate, agent, alter ego, alternating, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, attorney, back and fill, back and forth, backup, backup man, bandy, battledore and shuttlecock, be here again, be quits with, beating,… … Moby Thesaurus
back and fill — Synonyms and related words: about ship, alternate, battledore and shuttlecock, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change… … Moby Thesaurus
ebb and flow — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back and forth, battledore and shuttlecock, be poised, billow, break, comb, come and go, coming and going, crash, dash, direct tide, ebb, ebb tide, flood, flood… … Moby Thesaurus
