Meaning & use
bobble hat
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Meaning
nouncountableBritishinformal
A warm knitted hat with a small ball of wool on top.
Grammar: Countable: a bobble hat, bobble hats. Often used in the plural when talking about winter clothing.
Patterns
- wear a bobble hat
- a woolly bobble hat
- put on a bobble hat
She wore a red bobble hat to keep warm in the snow.
He pulled his bobble hat down over his ears.
The children all had matching bobble hats.
Word forms
| plural | bobble hats |
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Common combinations
- wear a bobble hat
- You should wear a bobble hat if you're going out in this cold.
- woolly bobble hat
- He bought a thick woolly bobble hat for the ski trip.
- knitted bobble hat
- My grandmother made me a knitted bobble hat.
- pull on a bobble hat
- She pulled on a bobble hat before leaving the house.
Synonyms and how they differ
- beanie
- The usual American word for a close-fitting knitted hat; it may or may not have a bobble on top.
- woolly hat
- A general British term for a warm knitted hat; it does not necessarily have a ball on top.
- knit cap
- A neutral term used especially in American English; it covers any knitted winter hat.
Word family
- bobble noun
- A small ball of wool or other material used as a decoration.
Commonly confused: bobble hat or bubble hat?
bobble hat vs bubble hat
This is not a standard term; learners sometimes mishear 'bobble hat' as 'bubble hat'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'bobble hat' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A bobble hat is a hat worn on the head, so putting it on your head to stay warm is correct. It is not worn on the feet or hands, and it is not something you eat.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “bobble hat”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.