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BOBBLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
Example:
the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bobble" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Example:
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Synonyms:
ball up; blow; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; fumble; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; muff; screw up; spoil
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "bobble" is one way to...):
fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
