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Synonyms for bobble

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

ball up spoil bumble bollix

All synonyms

Verb

ball up, blow, muck up informal, bumble, mess up, flub US AU NZ, fumble, foul up, fluff, muff, bungle, louse up informal, botch, botch up informal, spoil, bollix, bolix US, mishandle, bodge, blunder, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ, bollocks vulgar UK IE, bollix up slang US

Noun

screw-up, hair tie, fuck-up, pill

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To bob up and down.

  2. n. 1

    A furry ball attached on top of a hat.

Related words

Phrases
head bobble

Forms

Plural
bobbles → screw-ups, fuck-ups, pills…
Past participle
bobbled
e.g. bobbled → blown, bumbled, flubbed, fumbled…

Example sentences

  • spoil Put the meat in the refrigerator or it will spoil.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bobblerising
spoilsteady
bumblesteady
bollixsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
blow1, pill1, muff1, flub
5 letters
spoil1, fluff1, botch1, bodge, bolix
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bungle2, bollix
7 letters
blunder2
8 letters
bollocks2
9 letters
mishandle3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fumble2 = 2 syllables).