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Scoot vs Wobble - What's the difference?

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Scoot is a related term of wobble.


As nouns the difference between scoot and wobble

is that scoot is (slang) a dollar while wobble is an unsteady motion.

As verbs the difference between scoot and wobble

is that scoot is (split) to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily while wobble is to move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

scoot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A dollar.
  • (slang) a scooter.
  • :I got a new scoot yesterday. It's a Gamma.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (split) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
    • They scooted over to the window.
  • To ride on a .
  • (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
    • The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
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    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "scoot")

    Derived terms

    * scoot over

    Anagrams

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    wobble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unsteady motion.
    • The fat man walked down the street with a wobble .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Neil Johnston , title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=That should have been that, but Hart caught a dose of the Hennessey wobbles and spilled Adlene Guedioura's long-range shot.}}
  • A tremulous sound.
    • There was a wobble on her high notes.
  • (music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep

    • Synonyms

    * (unsteady motion ): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble * (tremulous sound ): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato

    Verb

    (wobbl)
  • To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • To tremble or quaver.
  • To vacillate in one's opinions.
  • To cause to wobble.

    • Synonyms

    * (move with an uneven or rocking motion ): judder, shake, shudder, tremble * (quaver ): quaver, quiver, tremble * (vacillate ): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver * (cause to wobble ): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle

    Derived terms

    * wobbler * wobbly