Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bobble

/ˈbɒbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: bob-ble
IPA: /ˈbɒbəl/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A furry ball attached on top of a hat.

noun

Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie

British usage

noun

A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).

Informal

noun

A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.

noun

A wobbling motion.

verb

To bob up and down.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make a mistake in.

American usage

verb

To roll slowly.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]"
"A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas."
"You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard."

Etymology

* (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bob

Usage

Inflected Forms

bobbles (plural) bobbles (present, singular) bobbling (participle, present) bobbled (participle, past) bobbled (past)

Derived Forms

bobblehead bobbly debobble bobbler

Phrases

bobble hat hair bobble head bobble

Synonyms

botch bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up spoil muck up

Homonyms

bauble (cot–caught merger)

Rhymes With

bauble cauble auble chernobyl wobble gobble cobble squabble hobble coble nobble chornobyl

Questions

How do you pronounce bobble?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɒbəl/.
What does bobble mean?: A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
Where does bobble come from?: * (noun): from bob + -le (diminutive suffix). * (verb): from bob + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare bauble.

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