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debobble

debobble verb: to remove pilling from (a garment).

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
    • Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91

Forms of debobble

third-person singular presentdebobbles
present participledebobbling
past participledebobbled
pastdebobbled

Origin of debobble

From de- + bobble.

Questions about debobble

What does debobble mean?
Debobble means to remove pilling from (a garment).
What part of speech is debobble?
Debobble is a verb.
What is the past tense of debobble?
The past tense of debobble is debobbled.

Words near debobble in the dictionary

  1. deboard
  2. deboarded
  3. deboarding
  4. deboardings
  5. deboards
  6. debobble
  7. debobbled
  8. debobbles
  9. debobbling
  10. DeBoer
  11. Deboers

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