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BOBBLE

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bob⋅ble

[bob-uhl] noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–noun
1. a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
2. a momentary fumbling or juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.
3. an error; mistake.
4. a small ball of fabric usually used decoratively, as in a fringe or other trimming: a sweater with a line of bobbles up the sleeves.
–verb (used with object)
5. to juggle or fumble (a batted or thrown baseball) momentarily, usually resulting in an error.

Origin:
1805–15; bob 1 + -le; (def. 4) perh. new formation with bob 2
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bob·ble   (bŏb'əl)   
v.   bob·bled, bob·bling, bob·bles

v.   intr.
To bob up and down.
v.   tr.
To lose one's grip on (a ball, for example) momentarily.
n.  A mistake or blunder.

[From bob1.]
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Word Origin & History

bobble 
1812, frequentative of bob (1). The notion is, "to move or handle something with continual bobbing."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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