Verb
The catcher bobbled the ball.
the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe Noun
a bobble that cost them the game
The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.
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Verb
The usually dominant Doval struggled to find the strike zone, Marco Luciano — the Giants’ rookie shortstop — bobbled a potential game-ending double play grounder, and a Pirates rookie making his major-league debut snuck a single past second baseman Thairo Estrada to extend the inning.—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024 Schade bobbled the feed initially, but then surged toward goal and found midfielder Cooper Ellis.
Ellis, playing attack for the first time in high school career, maneuvered with the presence of a veteran.—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
Noun
That bobble, Clark said, might have made the difference.—John Bohnenkamp, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024 One room bobbles with the faces of Taylor’s fellow artists, among them Deana Lawson, Kahlil Joseph and Andrea Bowers.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bobble
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