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Definition of Bobble
1. Verb. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Ballup, Botch, Botcher, Bumbler, Bungle, Bungler, Flub, Fluff, Foul-up, Fuckup, Fumbler, Mess-up, Screwup, Spoil, Spoilage, Spoiling
2. 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"
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
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
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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