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bobbling

bobbling is the present participle and gerund of bobble.

Meaning of bobble

Verb

bobble (third-person singular simple present bobbles, present participle bobbling, simple past and past participle bobbled)

  1. (intransitive) To bob up and down.
  2. (US) To make a mistake in.
  3. (intransitive) To roll slowly.
    • A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355
  4. (US, transitive) To mishandle a ball.
  5. (rare) To use the bobble stitch.
    • You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.2008, Leisure Arts, I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Cables, page 9

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Questions about bobbling

What is bobbling the present participle and gerund of?
Bobbling is the present participle and gerund of bobble.

Words near bobbling in the dictionary

  1. bobbler
  2. bobblers
  3. bobbles
  4. bobblier
  5. bobbliest
  6. bobbling
  7. bobbly
  8. bobbol
  9. Bobbs
  10. Bobbsey
  11. bobby

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