bobble (redirected from bobbly)

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 [ˈbɒb^əl]

n

1. a short jerky motion, as of a cork floating on disturbed water; bobbing movement

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a tufted ball, usually for ornament, as on a knitted hat

3. any small dangling ball or bundle

vb

1. (intr) Sport (of a ball) to bounce with a rapid erratic motion due to an uneven playing surface

2. US informal to handle (something) ineptly; muff; bungle he bobbled the ball and lost the game

[from bob¹ (vb)]

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"

Translations

bobble [ˈbɒbl]

A. N

1. (Brit) (on hat) → borla f

2. (US) (= mistake) → pifia f

B. VI [ball etc] → saltar, moverse de un lado para otro

C. VT (US) (= handle ineptly) → pifiarla con

D. CPD bobble hat N (Brit) → gorro m con borla

bobble [ˈbɒb^əl]

n

(British) [hat] → pompon m

(for hair) → élastique m à cheveux

vi (British) [ball] → rebondir

vt (US) (= fumble) [+ ball] → manier maladroitement
bobble hat n (British) → bonnet m à pompon

bobble

n

→ Bommel f, → Pompon m

(US inf: = mistake) → Schnitzer m (inf)

bobble [ˈbɒbl] n (on hat) → pompon m inv