bobbles 1 of 2

noun

plural of bobble
as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy she's terrified that she'll make some silly bobble during the important presentation

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bobbles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bobble
1
as in fumbles
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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2
as in bobs
to make short up-and-down movements the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it

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Recent Examples of bobbles
Noun
Meanwhile, the Dodgers added two more insurance runs in the fifth with a solo homer from Ohtani, a double from Pages and a couple of defensive bobbles by the Rockies. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 But the experience includes a few bobbles—call them growing pains. — Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026 Some noticeable opening night wobbles and bobbles only served to prove that point. — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
Eli Nickerson bobbles the snap and Seminole recovers for its fifth takeaway of the evening. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 O’Neill inexplicably bobbles the snap, tries to pick the ball up instead of diving on it and loses it again when he gets walloped. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Kowalewski bobbles the foul tip to help the righty get the strikeout. — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 The following week, Travis Kelce bobbles what would have been a go ahead touchdown in the fourth, and the Eagles intercept it. — Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobbles
  1. mistakes
  2. fumbles
  3. bobs
  4. errors
  5. blows
  6. pumps
  7. blunders
  8. shakes
Noun
  • The company cautioned that Claude can make mistakes in its responses and advised users to check important figures with their banks.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Now, her friends are said to be nervous that Lopez will never learn from her mistakes.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of mistakes
Verb
  • So the associate who fumbles a membership conversation doesn’t need a lecture.
    — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • DeLand was driving inside the 20 yard line and Taihj Moore fumbles, recovered by Lake Mary.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fumbles
Verb
  • According to Calavante, bobs need a trimming every six to eight weeks to maintain their shape.
    — Sarah Madaus, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Onstage at this diverse block party of young and old in Malcolm X shirts and backward Jamaican flag hats, Elsesser bobs his head as if lost in thought.
    — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of bobs
Noun
  • But officials there said that the list appeared to be filled with errors and that setting the ballots aside could effectively disenfranchise legal voters.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The proposal would also establish that technical errors or inadvertent mistakes in the process cannot be a basis to stop the project.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of errors
Verb
  • While the 44-6 vote effectively blows a $75 million hole in the mayor's 2027 budget proposal, alders argued the funds were always intended to continue chipping away at the city's $36 billion pension debt, not to help balance next year's budget.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • That means that the part of the fan that blows air out needs to be on the exterior of your cube, and the back side of the fan that pulls in air needs to be on the inside of your cube.
    — John Alexander, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of blows
Verb
  • The costume is the perfect excuse to dig out your skinny jeans, going-out top and pumps for a throwback to the aughts—a scary thought in itself.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Hilton has made the promise of $3 a gallon gasoline at California’s pumps a central plank of his affordability campaign.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pumps
Noun
  • Burks said that leadership blunders are at the problem’s crux.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Soon-to-be Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski held the Rays to just one run in his five innings, but certainly not without the help of some Rays baserunning blunders.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of blunders
Verb
  • Protein shakes, such as those made with whey protein, may support weight loss by increasing satiety and helping preserve lean muscle mass during a calorie deficit.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The video shows Morales making a few sharp moves with the steering wheel before the SUV shakes.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of shakes

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