Bobble

Quick meaning: Bobble is a noun meaning A furry ball attached on top of a hat.

Meaning

A furry ball attached on top of a hat.

More Meanings

1. (British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
2. (informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
3. (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
4. A wobbling motion.
5. (intransitive) To bob up and down.
6. (US) To make a mistake in.
7. (intransitive) To roll slowly.

Example Sentences

You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.

My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]

A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.

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.

Word Forms

• bobbles
• bobbling
• bobbled

Synonyms for bobble

Depending on context, synonyms include blunder, muff, bollix, spoil, bollocks, fluff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include muff, fluff, ball up, blow, screw up, bollocks.

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