bobble

bobble

a repeated, jerky movement; a fumbling of a baseball; an error; mistake
Not to be confused with:bauble – a showy ornament; trinket, gewgawbubble – a round body of gas contained in a liquid; a dome or domelike structure; a temporary change: a real estate bubble

bob·ble

B0358900 (bŏb′əl)v. bob·bled, bob·bling, bob·bles v.intr. To bob up and down.v.tr. To lose one's grip on (a ball, for example) momentarily.n. A mistake or blunder.

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[From bob.]

bobble

(ˈbɒbəl) n1. a short jerky motion, as of a cork floating on disturbed water; bobbing movement2. (Clothing & Fashion) a tufted ball, usually for ornament, as on a knitted hat3. any small dangling ball or bundle4. (Clothing & Fashion) a loop of elastic used to hold the hair in a ponytail, etc vb5. (intr) sport (of a ball) to bounce with a rapid erratic motion due to an uneven playing surface6. informal US to handle (something) ineptly; muff; bungle: he bobbled the ball and lost the game. [C19: from bob¹ (vb)]

bob•ble

(ˈbɒb əl)

n., v. -bled, -bling. n. 1. a repeated, jerky movement; bob. 2. a momentary fumbling or juggling of a batted or thrown baseball. 3. an error; mistake. 4. a small ball of fabric, esp. when set in rows and used as a trimming. v.t. 5. to juggle or fumble momentarily. [1805–15; bob¹ + -le]

bobble

Past participle: bobbled
Gerund: bobbling

Imperative
bobble
bobble

Present
I bobble
you bobble
he/she/it bobbles
we bobble
you bobble
they bobble

Preterite
I bobbled
you bobbled
he/she/it bobbled
we bobbled
you bobbled
they bobbled

Present Continuous
I am bobbling
you are bobbling
he/she/it is bobbling
we are bobbling
you are bobbling
they are bobbling

Present Perfect
I have bobbled
you have bobbled
he/she/it has bobbled
we have bobbled
you have bobbled
they have bobbled

Past Continuous
I was bobbling
you were bobbling
he/she/it was bobbling
we were bobbling
you were bobbling
they were bobbling

Past Perfect
I had bobbled
you had bobbled
he/she/it had bobbled
we had bobbled
you had bobbled
they had bobbled

Future
I will bobble
you will bobble
he/she/it will bobble
we will bobble
you will bobble
they will bobble

Future Perfect
I will have bobbled
you will have bobbled
he/she/it will have bobbled
we will have bobbled
you will have bobbled
they will have bobbled

Future Continuous
I will be bobbling
you will be bobbling
he/she/it will be bobbling
we will be bobbling
you will be bobbling
they will be bobbling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bobbling
you have been bobbling
he/she/it has been bobbling
we have been bobbling
you have been bobbling
they have been bobbling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bobbling
you will have been bobbling
he/she/it will have been bobbling
we will have been bobbling
you will have been bobbling
they will have been bobbling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bobbling
you had been bobbling
he/she/it had been bobbling
we had been bobbling
you had been bobbling
they had been bobbling

Conditional
I would bobble
you would bobble
he/she/it would bobble
we would bobble
you would bobble
they would bobble

Past Conditional
I would have bobbled
you would have bobbled
he/she/it would have bobbled
we would have bobbled
you would have bobbled
they would have bobbled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistakebaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	bobble - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

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