wackelass noun a cat that is a troublesome, clumsy creature CANADA1
That cat is a regular wackelass. It wiggles around underfoot a lot. –Lunenburg. From the German “wackeln,” to reel, totter, and “aas,” carcass. — Lewis Poteet, oralcitationfromTheSouthShorePhraseBook, p. 122, 1999