BOBBLED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

bobbled

verb

past tense of bobble

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe

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as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it

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Recent Examples of bobbled Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Antonacci batted with the bases loaded in the sixth and hit a slow grounder that first baseman Kyle Manzardo slightly bobbled. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 With Pete Crow-Armstrong on second base, Bregman did not sprint out of the batter’s box at American Family Field after hitting a soft grounder to Milwaukee shortstop Cooper Pratt, who bobbled the ball. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Freddy Fermin, who earlier in the game homered to give the Padres a 1-0 lead, followed by laying down a sacrifice bunt that Antone simply bobbled and never made a throw on, loading the bases. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 Kyle Branch plated a runner from third on a safety squeeze in which Cook bobbled the ball for an error. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026 The ball got past Crawford for a double and Call went to third when right fielder Adolis Garcia bobbled it. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 It was bobbled, and Pawlak fired to first; the umpire signaled safe in an extremely close call, one that Aledo players did not agree with. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026

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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Before that, Tampa Bay fumbled scoring opportunities in five of the first seven innings and stranded five overall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026

Definition of fumbled

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Wooden boats bobbed in long rows, their names and registration numbers hand-painted on the hulls, as men in neon vests unloaded catch and frigate birds swooped down to pick at the scraps.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

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After the final whistle blew and this Norway team had made history, Haaland took a moment and looked into the Norwegian cheering section, trying to process what had just happened.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026
There were also great chances for Lamine Yamal, the 18-year-old Spanish star, but nothing that got over the line and into the back of the net before the first half whistle blew.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of blew

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Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.

— Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
In a near replay of the previous match in Durham, Sharma was beginning to look untouchable when the introduction of Sam Curran forced the error, albeit with a low full toss that was pumped straight to deep midwicket to cut Sharma short on 43.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of pumped

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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

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