debobble

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verb

To remove pilling from (a garment).

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Meanings

verbdebobble (third-person singular simple present debobbles, present participle debobbling, simple past and past participle debobbled)

present singular third person debobbles · participle present debobbling · participle past debobbled · past debobbled

  1. UKTo remove pilling from (a garment).

    Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.

    2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91
    2 more examples

    Your sweater will be sent to Scotland to be cleaned, reconditioned and debobbled at a cost of £20.

    2005, Ismay Atkins, Time Out London Shopping Guide, →ISBN, page 86

    Shorts and a jumper I still can't bring myself to wash and debobble, because the last person to wear it was Sarah.

    2018, Rosie Walsh, The Man Who Didn't Call

Origin

From de- + bobble.

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APA

debobble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debobble

MLA

“debobble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debobble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debobble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debobble.

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