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# bobble

noun (a bobble, bobbles); verb (bobble, bobbles, bobbled, bobbling)

«bobble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK) A bobble is a small soft ball of wool on top of a woolly hat or on the end of a string; a bobble hat has one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#m1)
2. A bobble is also a tiny ball of fluff that forms on an old jumper or blanket after a lot of wear (also called a pill). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#m2)
3. (verb) To bobble means to bounce or move up and down unsteadily, like a ball on bumpy ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#m3)
4. (US, sport) To bobble the ball means to fumble it, to fail to catch or hold it cleanly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it comes in winter clothing (bobble hat) and in clothes that look old (a bobbly jumper). In sport commentary a ball bobbles on a bumpy pitch, and in American baseball and football a player bobbles a catch. Phrases: bobble hat, bobble on top, the ball bobbled.

### Examples

- Grandma knitted me a red hat with a big bobble on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x1)
- My old jumper is covered in little bobbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x2)
- Put on your bobble hat, it's freezing outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x3)
- The ball bobbled over the bumpy grass and the goalie missed it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x4)
- The shortstop bobbled the ball and the runner reached first base. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x5)
- The toy boat bobbled on the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x6)
- She uses a little shaver to take the bobbles off her cardigan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun: a bobble, bobbles. Verb past form: bobbled (double b, then -le, drop e: bobbling). Adjective: bobbly (a bobbly jumper). In the US a hat bobble is usually called a pom-pom, and a hat with one a knit cap or beanie with a pom-pom. Do not confuse with «bubble» (a ball of air in liquid) or «bauble» (a shiny decoration).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bobble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bobble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bobble.html) on Mova free.