Synonyms of bobbling

bobbling

verb

present participle of bobble

1

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• blowing
• dubbing
• fluffing
• booting
• ruining
• bungling
• mangling
• murdering
• spoiling
• bumbling
• destroying
• boggling
• muffing
• botching
• butchering
• flubbing
• marring
• damaging
• screwing up
• wrecking
• goofing (up)
• fouling up
• messing (up)
• muddling
• blundering
• injuring
• mucking up
• foozling
• buggering (up)
• hurting
• impairing
• bollixing (up)
• mutilating
• lousing up
• harming
• gumming (up)
• blighting
• piffling
• blemishing
• vitiating
• mismanaging
• flawing
• mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• remedying
• refining
• rectifying
• reforming
• ameliorating
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• meliorating
• reconditioning
• patching
• doctoring
• renovating
• revamping

2

as in bobbing

to make short up-and-down movements

the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bobbing
• pumping
• shaking
• jerking
• swaying
• nodding
• jogging
• wagging
• jouncing
• wiggling
• seesawing
• ducking
• wobbling
• jiggling
• rocking
• swinging
• oscillating
• undulating
• wabbling
• dropping