bobble

nouns

the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

"the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out"

bobble

domain category

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

baseball, baseball game

is a type of (narrower)

an embarrassing mistake

bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall

verbs

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"