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BOBBLE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseballplay

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 ruinplay

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

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