BOBBLED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

bobbled

verb

past tense of bobble

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe

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as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it

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Recent Examples of bobbled On Oladokun’s second throw of the game, tight end Tre Watson bobbled a good pass into the hands of cornerback Roman Parodie. — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 Pass behind Ben Sims was bobbled and intercepted by Tyrel Dodson for a touchdown. — Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 Machado followed with a single to the gap in right-center that McCarthy bobbled, allowing Cronenworth to race around third and get home to tie the game again. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026 Blaze Jordan followed with a potential inning-ending, double-play grounder to third base, but Denzer Guzman bobbled the ball and his only play was to first as Nootbaar scored for a 2-0 lead. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 In the 88th minute of a quarterfinal against Belgium on Friday, Spanish defender Pau Cubarsí launched a long-range shot outside the box that Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens blocked but bobbled. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026 Antonacci batted with the bases loaded in the sixth and hit a slow grounder that first baseman Kyle Manzardo slightly bobbled. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 With Pete Crow-Armstrong on second base, Bregman did not sprint out of the batter’s box at American Family Field after hitting a soft grounder to Milwaukee shortstop Cooper Pratt, who bobbled the ball. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026 The ball got past Crawford for a double and Call went to third when right fielder Adolis Garcia bobbled it. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 May 2026

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The company, which offers credit cards used to make rent and mortgage payments, had fumbled a critical transition, leading to confusion and financial stress for its customers.

— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
On his second drive, Tagovailoa fumbled the snap from center and the Dolphins recovered.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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It’s been a decade since the company best known for sucking up hair balls and dust bunnies blew with great force into the beauty business.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Playing the American League’s best team, the Padres had the final two games of the series in hand before the practically impermeable back end of their bullpen blew late leads.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of blew

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Today, Earth is being heated by massive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, leading to a gradual rise in average global temperature.

— Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
When pumped with a 940-nanometer Ti laser, the waveguides produced laser light at 1,030 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of pumped

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.

— Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

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But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

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