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 Milwaukee closed to 3-2 in the seventh when Garrett Mitchell scored from third as Cronenworth bobbled Hamilton's grounder and then threw past first for a double error. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Jaylen Wright, who made his second NFL start as the replacement for injured Pro Bowler De’Von Achane, bobbled the kickoff, forcing the offense to start the critical drive on the 18-yard line. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 Sooryavanshi tried to reverse sweep Ayub but was caught by wicketkeeper Usman Khan, who bobbled twice before completing the catch. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Witt bobbled a groundball as Jo Adell reached first base to begin the frame. — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 The first turnover of the game was a Herbert interception that was a good ball on third down, dropped and bobbled into the defense’s hands by tight end David Njoku. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Njoku bobbled the pass, however, and the ball was grabbed by rookie safety Hezekiah Masses, who had another pick in the fourth quarter during his first career start. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 Beckham lunged and tried to haul it in, but the ball bobbled incomplete. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 29 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

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Carr fumbled while trying to spike the ball, and Isaiah Glasker pounced on it to help the Cougars maintain a two-score lead going into the locker room.

— John Coon, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Then, with Georgia a first down away from a game-winning field-goal attempt, Stockton fumbled the ball.

— Connor Riley, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of fumbled

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On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.

— Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

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But head coach Ben Johnson isn't going to be happy that his team nearly blew a 24-point lead with just over 12 minutes to go.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
On Saturday morning, temperatures in the fire area were in the mid-80s and winds blew at about 15 mph.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of blew

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The fuel was pumped across a hose to Mineral Europa by a converted bunkering vessel, Shenghang Yongle, which entered service less than five weeks before the operation.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Peralta pumped a fist and screamed joyfully walking off the mound in the sixth after fanning Petey Halpin swinging at a 3-2 changeup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pumped

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The crossing left at least 140 migrants dead and shook the city perched on the Mediterranean coast.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Both were arrested and were being held in separate prisons in the central city of Isfahan over their participation in the nationwide January protests that shook the Islamic republic.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of shook

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During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

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