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de-bobble

de-bobble is the alternative form of debobble.

Meaning of debobble

Verb

debobble (third-person singular simple present debobbles, present participle debobbling, simple past and past participle debobbled)

  1. (UK) To remove pilling from (a garment).
    • Your sweater will be sent to Scotland to be cleaned, reconditioned and debobbled at a cost of £20.2005, Ismay Atkins, Time Out London Shopping Guide, →ISBN, page 86

Forms of de-bobble

third-person singular presentde-bobbles
present participlede-bobbling
past participlede-bobbled
pastde-bobbled

Questions about de-bobble

What is de-bobble the alternative form of?
De-bobble is the alternative form of debobble.

Words near de-bobble in the dictionary

  1. de-biases
  2. de-biasing
  3. de-biassed
  4. de-biasses
  5. de-biassing
  6. de-bobble
  7. de-bobbled
  8. de-bobbles
  9. de-bobbling
  10. de-bogging
  11. de-bourgeoisified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: de-bobble (page history and authors); debobble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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