bobble

plural bobbles

1. A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
2. UKElasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
3. informalA pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
4. businessA localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.

   From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.

   2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible, page 45

5. A wobbling motion.

   My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant […]

   2013, Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman’s vision of the city

present singular third person bobbles · participle present bobbling · participle past bobbled · past bobbled

1. intransitiveTo bob up and down.
2. USTo make a mistake in.
3. intransitiveTo roll slowly.

   A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.

   November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355

4. UStransitivehobbiesTo mishandle a ball.
5. rarebusinessTo use the bobble stitch.

   You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.

   2008, Leisure Arts, I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Cables, page 9