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bobble
[ bob-uhl ]
noun
- a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
- a momentary fumbling or juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.
- an error; mistake.
- a small ball of fabric usually used decoratively, as in a fringe or other trimming:
a sweater with a line of bobbles up the sleeves.
verb (used with object)
- to juggle or fumble (a batted or thrown baseball) momentarily, usually resulting in an error.
bobble
/ ˈbɒbəl /
noun
- a short jerky motion, as of a cork floating on disturbed water; bobbing movement
- a tufted ball, usually for ornament, as on a knitted hat
- any small dangling ball or bundle
verb
- intr sport (of a ball) to bounce with a rapid erratic motion due to an uneven playing surface
- informal.to handle (something) ineptly; muff; bungle
he bobbled the ball and lost the game
Word History and Origins
Origin of bobble1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bobble1
Example Sentences
Guests are required to bring their own crafts but paper, glue guns, assorted bobbles etc.
A well-coordinated radiofrequency pulse from the MRI machine will knock them off their alignment, like a finger flicking over a bobble toy.
You can find children’s hats in many of the styles listed above including trapper, bobble, and the ever-popular beanie.
Many bobble hats have toppers made from yarn, fur, or other fabrics that are between one third and half the size of the hat itself.
She dispenses facts like a braying machine, bobble-nodding a head of hyper-lacquered hair.
Nothing, that is, except an uncertain bobble of sea, overspread by a wind-driven mist which kept the wary under cover.
"It is too bad that I make so much bobble," said the Chinese lad to his friend one day.
When I seek to do what I supremely consider to be for the best I make a bobble.
He could distinguish that there was something; and that the something seemed to bobble.
She was weeping, too, her head vibrating like a bobble-doll.
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