bobble
verb/ˈbɒbl/
/ˈbɑːbl/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bobble | /ˈbɒbl/ /ˈbɑːbl/ |
| he / she / it bobbles | /ˈbɒblz/ /ˈbɑːblz/ |
| past simple bobbled | /ˈbɒbld/ /ˈbɑːbld/ |
| past participle bobbled | /ˈbɒbld/ /ˈbɑːbld/ |
| -ing form bobbling | /ˈbɒblɪŋ/ /ˈbɑːblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move along the ground with small bounces
- The ball somehow bobbled into the net.
- [transitive] bobble something (North American English) to drop a ball or to fail to stop it
- She tried to catch the ball but bobbled it.
- [intransitive] (British English, informal) (of a piece of clothing, especially one made of wool) to become covered in very small balls of fibre
Word Origin1920s: diminutive of bob ‘the hairstyle’.
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