to bobble
2
5.9
- verb
- /ˈbɑbəl/
:
fallar
- As he reached for the cup, he bobbled it and almost let it slip from his hands.
- bobble the ball
- bobbled her keys, dropping
Examples
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Third base coach Mike Gallego initially held up Moss, but Cruz bobbled the ball for an error that allowed Moss to score.
Blog text (3) -
The Raiders defense came back on the field after a turnover or bobbled snap four times, and each time, the Raiders held the Chargers out of the end zone.
Blog text (27) -
And he bobbles the ball!
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Parsons bobbled an open drive.
Blog text (20) -
The play call is a tight end screen to Lewis, who bobbles the football trying to run with it before he secures it.
Blog text (14) -
Boggs bobbled it, then threw it over Mattingly's head.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I bobbled the extinguisher and dropped it, belching a big puff of white powder out of the open top and into my face.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jonathan Williams took the handoff from Wilson, but never really took control of it, and bobbled it a few yards up the field directly into Cameron Lawrence.
Blog text (11) -
Myers rounded second and headed for third, where he would have been out by a lot, but Kemp bobbled the ball in center, and Myers was safe at third, allowing Rollins to move up to second.
Blog text (9) -
As he exits, Phil tosses the mic to Larry, who isn't expecting the throw and bobbles it, dropping the mic on the ground.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
To let something fall suddenly or by accident
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3.5
To do something clumsily and make a mistake
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6.8
To do something clumsily so it causes mistakes
To handle something clumsily and make a mistake often in a game
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The verb bobble comes from bob 'to move up and down'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture your hand 'bobbing' and almost letting an object fall, so to bobble something is to handle it clumsily and nearly drop it. So bobble means to drop or almost drop by awkward handling.