Bobble
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
- 2 the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball wordnet
- 3 Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie British
- 4 A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes). informal
- 5 A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
"From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side."
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- 6 A wobbling motion.
"My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]"
- 1 To bob up and down. intransitive
- 2 make a mess of, destroy or ruin wordnet
- 3 To make a mistake in. US
- 4 To roll slowly. intransitive
"A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas."
- 5 To mishandle a ball. US, transitive
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- 6 To use the bobble stitch. rare
"You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard."
Example
More examples"Mary watch the figurine's head bobble."
Etymology
* (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble.
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