bobble
English
Etymology
- (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix).[1][2][3]
- (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix).[1][2][4][5][3]
Compare bauble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɒbəl/
- Rhymes: -ɒbəl
- Homophone: bauble (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
bobble (plural bobbles)
- A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
- (Britain) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
- (informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
- (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
- 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
- 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.
- 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
- A wobbling motion.
- 2013, Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman’s vision of the city:
- My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]
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Derived terms
- bobble hat
- bobblehead
- bobbly
- debobble
- head bobble
Translations
furry ball attached on top of a hat
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elasticated band for securing hair
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Verb
bobble (third-person singular simple present bobbles, present participle bobbling, simple past and past participle bobbled)
- (intransitive) To bob up and down.
- (US) To make a mistake in.
- (intransitive) To roll slowly.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
- A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.
- November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham
Derived terms
- bobbler
Translations
to bob up and down
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to make a mistake in
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to roll slowly
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References
- “bobble”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “bobble”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “bobble” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
- “bobble”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “bobble”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.