bobble
part of speech
noun (a bobble, bobbles); verb (bobble, bobbles, bobbled, bobbling)
meaning for a pupil
1) (UK) A bobble is a small soft ball of wool on top of a woolly hat or on the end of a string; a bobble hat has one. tree →
2) A bobble is also a tiny ball of fluff that forms on an old jumper or blanket after a lot of wear (also called a pill). tree →
3) (verb) To bobble means to bounce or move up and down unsteadily, like a ball on bumpy ground. tree →
4) (US, sport) To bobble the ball means to fumble it, to fail to catch or hold it cleanly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it comes in winter clothing (bobble hat) and in clothes that look old (a bobbly jumper). In sport commentary a ball bobbles on a bumpy pitch, and in American baseball and football a player bobbles a catch. Phrases: bobble hat, bobble on top, the ball bobbled.
examples
- Grandma knitted me a red hat with a big bobble on top. tree →
- My old jumper is covered in little bobbles. tree →
- Put on your bobble hat, it's freezing outside. tree →
- The ball bobbled over the bumpy grass and the goalie missed it. tree →
- The shortstop bobbled the ball and the runner reached first base. tree →
- The toy boat bobbled on the waves. tree →
- She uses a little shaver to take the bobbles off her cardigan. tree →
note
Countable noun: a bobble, bobbles. Verb past form: bobbled (double b, then -le, drop e: bobbling). Adjective: bobbly (a bobbly jumper). In the US a hat bobble is usually called a pom-pom, and a hat with one a knit cap or beanie with a pom-pom. Do not confuse with «bubble» (a ball of air in liquid) or «bauble» (a shiny decoration).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bobble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.