the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out.
Examples of bobble
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The girls had little black dog noses painted on and big bobble Minnie Mouse hair.
From the telegraph.co.uk
LeBlanc's bobble distracted Regan, who couldn't recover in time to make the save.
From the kansas.com
With a bobble hat, oily latex gloves and a screwdriver, he hardly looks a scholar.
From the guardian.co.uk
There was a little bobble after the catch but not enough to disrupt Allen's rhythm.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Romney's foreign policy bobble was the latest in a series of recent missteps.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Johnny Knox made two nice plays in the end zone and also caught a Greg Olsen bobble.
From the dailyherald.com
The move coincidentally came on Ethier's bobble-head night at Chavez Ravine.
From the latimes.com
It probably wouldn't have mattered since Kraft wasn't about to bobble this one away.
From the usatoday.com
You can't just hand in 100 tickets at Miller Park and get 100 bobble heads, however.
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Botch: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"
In knitting, a bobble is a localized set of stitches forming a raised bump. The bumps are usually arranged in a regular geometrical pattern (e.g., a hexagonal grid) or may be figurative, e.g., represent apples on a knitted tree.
A furry ball attached on top of a hat; Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail); A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes); To bob up and down; To make a mistake in
(Bobbled) Horses can lose their action if they take a misstep while racing.
(Bobbled) This term is used primarily at the start, but can be used in other instances. Horses bobble when they break awkwardly when in tight quarters.
(Bobbled) Took a bad step, often times at the start of the race.
("Bobbling") A way to get around holding the ball, one bounces it lightly between their hands before serving the next ball.
A bad step away from the starting gate, usually caused by the track breaking away from under a horse's hoof and causing him to duck his head or nearly go to his knees.