Definition of Bobble

1. Noun. The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball. "The second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"

Generic synonyms: Bloomer, Blooper, Blunder, Boner, Boo-boo, Botch, Bungle, Flub, Foul-up, Fuckup, Pratfall
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game

2. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

Definition of Bobble

1. Noun. A furry ball attached on top of a hat ¹

2. Noun. (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail) ¹

3. Noun. (informal) A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes). ¹

4. Verb. To bob up and down. ¹

5. Verb. (American English) To make a mistake in. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bobble

1. to fumble [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: fumble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobble

bobbin
bobbin lace
bobbinet
bobbinets
bobbing
bobbings
bobbinless
bobbinlike
bobbinwork
bobbish
bobbitted
bobbitting
bobbitts
bobble (current term)
bobble hat
bobbled
bobblehead
bobbleheads
bobbles
bobblier
bobbliest
bobbling
bobbly
bobby
bobby-dazzler
bobby-socker
bobby pin
bobby socks

Literary usage of Bobble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Western Antiquary by William Henry Kearley Wright (1886)
"There is, however, another word, bobble, which, whether a variant of it or ... "an ugly bobble in the sea," is equivalent to a "ground swell. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Bob, the largest beam of a mine steam-pumping engine. bobble. " An ugly bobble in the sea " = a ground swell. Bock, v. to shy. ..."

3. English Field Systems by Howard Levi Gray (1915)
"Quite apart from the odd pieces, such as bobble Stock, these subdivisions were numerous for an area of 297 acres. Four areas in one group and five in the ..."

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