noun
Meaning 1
A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
bobble
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/ˈbɒbəl/
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rhymes with -ɒbəl
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homophone: bauble (cot–caught merger)
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: B AO1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 3
A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 4
A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 5
A wobbling motion.
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verb
Meaning 6
To bob up and down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To make a mistake in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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verb
Meaning 8
To roll slowly.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To mishandle a ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 10
To use the bobble stitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 11
the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
verb
Meaning 12
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fail, go wrong, miscarry
History
Etymology
* (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: помпон (pompon) — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Chinese Mandarin: 漏接 (lòujiē) — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Czech: bambule — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Dutch: pompon — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Finnish: tupsu — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- French: pompon — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- German: Bommel — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- German: Pompon — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Hungarian: bojt — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Icelandic: dúskur — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Irish: bobailín — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Japanese: ポンポン (ponpon) — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Norwegian Bokmål: dusk — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Russian: помпо́н (pompón) — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Slovak: brmbolec — furry ball attached on top of a hat
- Bulgarian: ластик (lastik) — elasticated band for securing hair
- Finnish: hiuslenkki — elasticated band for securing hair
- Finnish: donitsi — elasticated band for securing hair
- French: élastique à cheveux — elasticated band for securing hair
- Swedish: hårsnodd — elasticated band for securing hair
- Ukrainian: гумка для волосся (humka dlja volossja) — elasticated band for securing hair
- Finnish: pomppia — to bob up and down
- Finnish: pompata — to make a mistake in
- Finnish: vieriä — to roll slowly