Antonyms for bobble
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : bob-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒb əl |
Definition of bobble
Origin :- 1812, frequentative of bob (v.1). The notion is "to move or handle something with continual bobbing." Related: Bobbled; bobbling. Bobble-head as a type of doll is from 1968.
- As in mess up : verb disorder, dirty
- As in screw up : verb make a mess of
- As in waggle : verb shake
- As in blunder : verb make mistake
- As in botch : verb blunder
- As in bumble : verb botch
- As in gum up : verb botch
- As in louse up : verb botch
- As in falter : verb stumble, stutter
- As in flounder : verb struggle; be in the dark
- There was a family at Bobble Hill all killed last week for fifty dollars.
- Extract from : « The Wit of Women » by Kate Sanborn
- When I seek to do what I supremely consider to be for the best I make a bobble.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish
- He could distinguish that there was something; and that the something seemed to bobble.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- This, like all other counter-currents—wave or otherwise—tossed up a bobble of dispute when the two clashed.
- Extract from : « A List To Starboard » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- She jess reads right straight along from cover to cover without a bobble.
- Extract from : « Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches » by Joel Chandler Harris
- He turns her north on the bullyvard, without a skip or a bobble, and she runs smooth as grease.
- Extract from : « The Man Next Door » by Emerson Hough
- I don't know—I don't feel half as sure of myself as I did before I made that bobble in town.
- Extract from : « The Uphill Climb » by B. M. Bower
Synonyms for bobble
- ball up
- be undecided
- befoul
- besmirch
- blow
- blunder
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boot
- botch
- bramble
- break
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- cast about
- clutter
- come apart at the seams
- confuse
- damage
- derange
- destroy
- disarrange
- discompose
- dishevel
- disorganize
- distort
- disturb
- drop the ball
- err
- fall down
- flop
- flounder
- flourish
- flub
- fluctuate
- fluff
- flummox
- flutter
- foul
- foul up
- fumble
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- goof
- goof up
- grope
- gum up
- halt
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- jerk
- jiggle
- joggle
- jumble
- labor
- litter
- louse
- louse up
- lurch
- make a mess of
- make a muck of
- make hash of
- mar
- mend
- mess
- mess up
- misapply
- miscalculate
- miscompute
- misconjectu
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- mishandle
- misjudge
- mismanage
- miss one's cue
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- muffle
- mutilate
- patch
- plunge
- pollute
- pratfall
- pull a boner
- quaver
- queer
- quiver
- reel
- rock
- roll
- ruin
- rummage
- scramble
- screw up
- scruple
- shake
- slip up
- smear
- snafu
- soil
- speak haltingly
- spoil
- stagger
- stammer
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stub toe
- stumble
- teeter
- thrash
- toil
- topple
- toss
- totter
- travail
- tremble
- trip up
- tumble
- twitch
- unsettle
- upset
- vacillate
- veil
- wag
- wallow
- wave
- waver
- whiffle
- wiggle
- wobble
- work at
- wreck
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