1. [N. Amer] (baseball) the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
   "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"
    
2. [Brit] A small ball of wool or other fabric, esp. as used as a decoration on a hat
   "She knitted a winter hat with a cheerful red bobble on top"

1. Badly mishandle or ruin something
   "I bobbled the dinner and we had to eat out";
   - botch, bodge [Brit, informal], bumble, fumble, botch up [informal], muff [informal], blow [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], screw up [informal], spoil, muck up [informal], bungle, fluff [informal], mishandle, louse up [informal], foul up [informal], mess up, butcher, balls up [informal], cock up [Brit, informal], goof up [informal], make a hash of [informal]

Derived forms: bobbled, bobbling, bobbles

Type of: bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], botch, bungle, fail, flub [N. Amer, informal], foul-up [informal], go wrong, goof [informal], miscarry, pratfall [informal]

Encyclopedia: Bobble