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
• boggling
• destroying
• 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
• nodding
• swaying
• jogging
• wagging
• jouncing
• wiggling
• seesawing
• wobbling
• ducking
• jiggling
• rocking
• swinging
• oscillating
• undulating
• dropping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bobbling

The Beacon-News) Callaway padded that lead after Maroa-Forsyth turned the ball over on downs, bobbling a screen pass from Vasquez before gathering it in and capping off a 77-yard reception for another TD. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Even when ostensibly abstract, De Kooning’s work was populated by bobbling fragments of body parts. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

And while Ewers has been victmized by receivers bobbling or mishandliung catchable passes on a few of those interceptions, that wasn’t the case Friday when there wasn’t a receiver near the pass. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026

Bell’s second homer came after New York second baseman Jazz Chisholm started the inning by bobbling Keaschall’s grounder. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

Goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu made a mistake in the 50th minute, failing to stop what appeared to be a simple cross and bobbling the ball. — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Jacob Rodriguez was so frustrated by his inability to pull down a pass from a coach during a drill designed to sharpen the linebacker unit’s instincts and hands, the rookie spiked the ball on the turf after bobbling it. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026

First baseman Carlos Santana dived toward the foul line and stopped the ball before bobbling it, allowing Rojas to score from third and extend the Dodgers' lead to 4-2. — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

Mara also doesn’t have great hands around the rim and has a penchant for bobbling the ball instead of catching it immediately. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026