bobble

bob·ble  (bbl)

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.]

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bobble

Noun

a tufted ball, usually woollen, that is used for decoration

Verb

[-bling, -bled]

(of a ball) to bounce erratically because of an uneven playing surface [from bob¹]

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 mistake baseball, 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, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"