Bobbled vs Bibbled - What's the difference?
bobbled | bibbled |
(bobble)
A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
(British) Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
(informal) A pill (ball formed on surface of fabric, as on laundered clothes).
(knitting) A localized set of stitches forming a raised bump.
* 2008 , Claire Compton, ?Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)
A wobbling motion.
* 2013 , Elizabeth Chatterjee, Delhi: Mostly Harmless: One woman’s vision of the city
To bob up and down.
(US) To make a mistake in.
to roll slowly
* November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
(bibble)
To eat and/or drink noisily.
To tipple.
Worry.
* 1919 , Herbert Quick, The Fairview Idea: A Story of the New Rural Life , page 39
*:"Foxes have holes,' Uncle Abner," said Daisy, " 'and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.' Why should we worry when we have such a bully place as this tent?" "Ish ka bibble'," said the Reverend Frank. "Well," said I, "about the time the mosquitoes begin to come out of the marsh, you'll begin to ' bibble ."
As verbs the difference between bobbled and bibbled
is that bobbled is past tense of bobble while bibbled is past tense of bibble.bobbled
English
Verb
(head)bobble
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- My favourite dubious history of the head bobble was put forward by an Indian management consultant
Derived terms
* bobble hat * bobblyVerb
(bobbl)- A neat interchange between Mikel Arteta and Wilshere set up Podolski and his finish bobbled into the net via Gallas.