bobble
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A brief slip when a fielder nearly drops a ball but recovers
- noun
- /ˈbɑbəl/
- Jargon
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error
- A slight bobble in the outfield allowed the ball to slip past the fielder, costing his team valuable runs.
- bobble-head
- bobble-head doll
Examples
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The pitcher's mistake led to a bobble, briefly losing control of the ball before he quickly regained it.
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Ten bobbles will almost certainly be the most any team gives away next season.
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lt was a momentary bobble.
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They have these things called bobble-head dolls now.
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It's what Elli calls these little bobbles of halfway pulled-through hair.
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During the game, the shortstop made a quick bobble of the easy catch, but he retrieved the ball immediately.
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Etymology
The word bobble comes from the simple word bob, which means 'to move up and down' or make a quick little movement. Imagine a ball that 'bobs' out of a fielder's hand for a moment — that short mistake is a bobble. So a bobble in sport is a brief loss of control.