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Dictionary: bob·ble   (bŏb'əl) pronunciation

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.
To bob up and down.

v.tr.
To lose one's grip on (a ball, for example) momentarily.

n.
A mistake or blunder.

[From BOB1.]


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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  Synonyms: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up


Wikipedia: Bobble
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Bobble may refer to:

  • Small round pieces of fabric that form on natural fabrics through use (such as cotton) - formally known as a Pill (textile)
  • bobble (knitting)
  • See stasis (fiction) for bobble or stasis field in Vernor Vinge's Peace Authority science fiction series
  • A Bobblehead doll is an object that moves or "bobbles" its head

Translations: Bobble
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hurtig dukken op og ned

2.
v. tr. - kikse, tabe bolden, fumle i det
v. intr. - nikke
n. - fumleri, kiksen

Nederlands (Dutch)
wollen balletje, flater (sport), gedobber, dobberen, klungelen

Français (French)
1.
n. - pompon

2.
v. tr. - (US) cafouiller
v. intr. - commettre une bévue
n. - (US) cafouillage

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pompon, Bommel

2.
v. - hüpfen, einen Fehler begehen, ungeschickt handhaben
n. - hüpfende Bewegung, Fehler , ungeschickte Bewegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μου ξεφεύγει (η μπάλα) για μια στιγμή
n. - φούντα

Italiano (Italian)
andare in su e in giù, sbagliare, pompon

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acenar repetidamente
n. - erro (m), borla (f) (Brit.)

Русский (Russian)
помпон

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - falla, falta, error

2.
v. tr. - moverse, fallar, mover, sacudir
v. intr. - moverse, sacudirse, equivocarse
n. - sacudida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fumla med, klanta till
n. - knyck, tofs

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
漏接, 上下跳动, 漏接球, 轻摇, 失误

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 漏接
v. intr. - 上下跳動, 漏接球
n. - 輕搖, 失誤

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 경련을 일으키는 듯한 움직임

2.
v. tr. - ~을 잡지 못하다, 에러를 범하다
v. intr. - 아래위로 움직이다, 실수하다
n. - 펌블, 실수

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 上下に動く, つかみそこねる
n. - 水の上下の揺れ, 失敗

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحرك بهز مستمر (الاسم) كرة صوف لتزيين القبعات, غلطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כדורון צמר‬
v. tr. - ‮נכשל (בעיקר בתפיסת כדור)‬
v. intr. - ‮נכשל (בעיקר בתפיסת כדור)‬


 
 
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