wam|ble

wam|ble
wam|ble «WOM uhl, WAM-», verb, -bled, -bling, noun. Dialect.
–v.i.
1. a) to feel nausea. b) (of the stomach or its contents) to be felt to roll about (in nausea).
2. to move unsteadily; stagger; totter; reel.
3. to turn and twist the body about; roll or wriggle (about, over, through).
–n.
1. a feeling of nausea.
2. a) an unsteady movement (of a person or thing). b) a rolling or staggering gait.
╂[Middle English wamelen; origin uncertain. Compare Danish vamle be nauseated, Norwegian vamla to stagger.]

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