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bob
1[ bob ]
noun
- a short, jerky motion:
a bob of the head.
verb (used with object)
, bobbed, bob·bing.
- to move quickly down and up:
to bob the head.
- to indicate with such a motion:
to bob a greeting.
verb (used without object)
, bobbed, bob·bing.
- to make a jerky motion with the head or body.
- to move about with jerky, usually rising and falling motions:
The ball bobbed upon the waves.
verb phrase
- to emerge or appear, especially unexpectedly:
A familiar face bobbed up in the crowd.
bob
2[ bob ]
noun
- a style of short haircut for women and children.
- a docked horse's tail.
- a dangling or terminal object, as the weight on a pendulum or a plumb line.
- a short, simple line in a verse or song, especially a short refrain or coda.
- Angling.
- a knot of worms, rags, etc., on a string.
- a float for a fishing line.
- a bobsled or bob skate.
- Scot. a bunch, cluster, or wad, especially a small bouquet of flowers.
- Obsolete. walking beam.
verb (used with object)
, bobbed, bob·bing.
- to cut short; dock:
They bobbed their hair to be in style.
verb (used without object)
, bobbed, bob·bing.
- to try to snatch floating or dangling objects with the teeth:
to bob for apples.
- Angling. to fish with a bob.
bob
3[ bob ]
noun
- a tap; light blow.
- a polishing wheel of leather, felt, or the like.
verb (used with object)
, bobbed, bob·bing.
- to tap; strike lightly.
bob
4[ bob ]
noun
, British Informal.
, plural bob.
- a shilling.
Bob
5[ bob ]
noun
- a male given name, form of Robert.
bob
1/ bɒb /
verb
- to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against)
noun
- a light knock; tap
bob
2/ bɒb /
noun
- (formerly) an informal word for a shilling
bob
3/ bɒb /
verb
- to move or cause to move up and down repeatedly, as while floating in water
- to move or cause to move with a short abrupt movement, as of the head
- to make (a bow or curtsy)
the little girl bobbed before the visitor
- intrusually foll byup to appear or emerge suddenly
- intr; foll by under, below, etc to disappear suddenly, as beneath a surface
- intrusually foll byfor to attempt to get hold (of a floating or hanging object, esp an apple) in the teeth as a game
noun
- a short abrupt movement, as of the head
- a quick curtsy or bow
- Leisure:Bell-ringing a particular set of changes
- angling
- short for bobfloat
- the topmost fly on a cast of three, often fished bobbing at the surface
- this position on a wet-fly cast
bob
4/ bɒb /
noun
- a hairstyle for women and children in which the hair is cut short evenly all round the head
- a dangling or hanging object, such as the weight on a pendulum or on a plumb line
- a polishing disc on a rotating spindle. It is usually made of felt, leather, etc, impregnated with an abrasive material
- a runner or pair of runners on a bobsled
- angling a small knot of worms, maggots, etc, used as bait
- a very short line of verse at the end of a stanza or preceding a rhyming quatrain (the wheel) at the end of a stanza
- a refrain or burden with such a short line or lines
- a docked tail, esp of a horse
- dialect.a hanging cluster, as of flowers or ribbons
verb
- tr to cut (the hair) in a bob
- tr to cut short (something, esp the tail of an animal); dock or crop
- intr to ride on a bobsled
Bob
5/ bɒb /
noun
- Bob's your uncle slang.everything is or will turn out all right
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bob2
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bobbe (noun) “spray, cluster, bunch (of leaves, flowers, fruit, etc.)”; of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bob1
C13 bobben to rap, beat; see bop ²
Origin of bob2
C19: of unknown origin
Origin of bob3
C14: of uncertain origin
Origin of bob4
C14 bobbe bunch of flowers, perhaps of Celtic origin
Origin of bob5
C19: perhaps from pet form of Robert
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And, worse still, B.o.B. neglected to give Obama the requisite shout-out on stage.
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