Antonyms for bobble


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bob-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒb əl


Definition of bobble

Origin :
  • 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.
  • As in mess up : verb disorder, dirty
  • As in screw up : verb make a mess of
  • As in waggle : verb shake
  • As in blunder : verb make mistake
  • As in botch : verb blunder
  • As in bumble : verb botch
  • As in gum up : verb botch
  • As in louse up : verb botch
  • As in falter : verb stumble, stutter
  • As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
Example sentences :
  • There was a family at Bobble Hill all killed last week for fifty dollars.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of Women » by Kate Sanborn
  • When I seek to do what I supremely consider to be for the best I make a bobble.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish
  • He could distinguish that there was something; and that the something seemed to bobble.
  • Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
  • This, like all other counter-currents—wave or otherwise—tossed up a bobble of dispute when the two clashed.
  • Extract from : « A List To Starboard » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • She jess reads right straight along from cover to cover without a bobble.
  • Extract from : « Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • He turns her north on the bullyvard, without a skip or a bobble, and she runs smooth as grease.
  • Extract from : « The Man Next Door » by Emerson Hough
  • I don't know—I don't feel half as sure of myself as I did before I made that bobble in town.
  • Extract from : « The Uphill Climb » by B. M. Bower

Synonyms for bobble

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