Wankle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwæŋkÉ™l/
• US IPA: /ˈweɪŋkÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -æŋkÉ™l

Origin

From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol ("unstable, unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak"), from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz ("unsteady, wavering"), from Proto-Indo-European *wank-, *wak-, *wek-, *weg- ("to be unsteady; crooked"). Cognate with Dutch wankel ("shaky, unstable"), Middle High German wankel ("unsteady"), German wanken ("to waver, totter"). See also wonky.

Full definition of wankle

Adjective

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.----