Crossword clues for bobble
bobble
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A furry ball attached on top of a hat. 2 (context British English) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie 3 (context informal English) A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes). 4 (context knitting English) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump. 5 A wobbling motion. vb. 1 To bob up and down. 2 (context US English) To make a mistake in. 3 to roll slowly
WordNet
v. 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" [syn: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
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 use
- Bobble hat, a knit beanie hat with a "bobble" (pom pom) at the top
- Bobblehead, a doll that moves or "bobbles" its head
In knitting, a bobble is a localized set of stitches forming a raised bump. The bumps are usually arranged in a regular geometrical pattern (e.g., a hexagonal grid) or may be figurative, e.g., represent apples on a knitted tree.
The basic idea of a bobble is to increase into a single stitch, knit a few short rows, then decrease back to a single stitch. However, this leaves many choices: how to increase and how many stitches, how many short rows to work, and how to decrease.
A bobble can also be a yarn Pom-pon used to decorate knitted items such as Bobble hats.
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.