bobbling

Variant of bobble

bobble definition

bob·ble (bäb′əl)

noun

  1. a bobbing, up-and-down movement
  2. any of the tufted balls forming a decorative fringe, as on curtains
  3. ☆ Informal
    1. an awkward mistake; error
    2. Sports an awkward juggling of the ball in trying to catch or hold on to it

Etymology: freq. of bob,

intransitive verb bobbled -·bled, bobbling -·bling

  1. to move jerkily; bob
  2. ☆ Informal to make an error

transitive verb

Informal to deal with awkwardly or unskillfully; specif., to make a bobble with (a ball)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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