different between bobble vs cobble

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l
• Homophone: bauble (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

bobble (plural bobbles)

1. A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
2. (Britain) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
3. (informal) A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
4. (knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
   • 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)

     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.

5. A wobbling motion.

Derived terms

• bobble hat
• bobblehead
• bobbly
• head bobble

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Verb

bobble (third-person singular simple present bobbles, present participle bobbling, simple past and past participle bobbled)

1. (intransitive) To bob up and down.
2. (US) To make a mistake in.
3. (intransitive) To roll slowly.
   • November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [1]

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

Derived terms

• bobbler

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English

Etymology

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob +? -le.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?b.l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?b.?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

cobble (plural cobbles)

1. A cobblestone.
2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).

Translations

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

   I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

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