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Outfielder's slip-up
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bobble
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Word definitions for bobble in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bobble hat COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN hat ▪ She's got this cute little duffle coat on and a bobble hat with her hair sticking out the bottom. ▪ You know the Dougie Rae thing, it's still bothering me, how exactly ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1812, frequentative of bob (v.1). The notion is "to move or handle something with continual bobbing." Related: Bobbled ; bobbling . Bobble-head as a type of doll is from 1968.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bobble may refer to: Bobble, another name for stasis (fiction) in Vernor Vinge's Peace Authority science fiction series Bobble (knitting) , a form of stitching in knitting Bobble (textile) , small round pieces of fabric that form on natural fabrics through ...
Usage examples of bobble.
The man, reed thin and ashen, bobbled the pack from his shoulder, losing his black cap in the process.
As our rather grand procession swept by, a voice called my name from a doorway and I turned to see a small dosser, with a bobble hat pulled down over his eyes, holding out a tattered copy of the Evening Standard which had formed part of his bedding.
All that was needed was the catalyst, the inpouring of children, to start the apples bobbling, the stringed apples to penduluming in the crowded doors, the candy to vanish, the halls to echo with fright or delight, it was all the same.
We know the Peace is almost as scared of bioresearch as they are that someone might find the secret of their bobbles.
Florence by contrast was an animated Cezanne in a painfully bright flower-print dress with bits and ends that bobbled with the jiggling of her Junoesque proportions, topped off with precisely the wrong hat skewed at a precarious angle.
But the blue-and-yellow tent atop the mammut bobbled along at the edge of his vision, always in view.
For a moment Guy could feel the hard bobble at the centre of everything.
He appeared to become absorbed by the tasselled loopings of his groin, weighing each bobble in turn with his clean fingers.
Guy wrestled him into nappy-liner, nappy, nappy pants, vest, shirt, trousers, socks, shoes, jumper and, downstairs, anorak, gloves, face mask, bobble hat, scarf.
In the nursery again Guy wrestled him out of bobble hat, face mask, gloves, anorak, jumper, shoes, socks, trousen, shirt, vest, nappy pants, nappy and nappy-liner, waved away the game but gagging nannies, hosed Marmaduke down in the master bathroom, and wrestled him back into nappy-liner, nappy, nappy pants, vest, shirt, trousers, socks, shoes, jumper, anorak, gloves, face mask, bobble hat and scarf.
Ambler felt the car bobble as the right front tire dipped noisily off the asphalt.
Their occupant seemed well pleased with the new trousers, and especially the fly, whose bows and bobbles he would occasionally run a hand over.
Far below, a glowing orange dot bobbled like a firefly in the grainy darkness.
Even in the glass, the flame bent and bobbled wildly until Herewiss closed the shutters at the window.
Amanda bobbling in her arms, chortling with delight at the unexpected motion.