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bob⋅ber

1[bob-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that bobs.
2. a fishing bob.

Origin:
1830–40; bob 1 + -er 1

bob⋅ber

2[bob-er]
–noun
a member of a bobsled team.

Origin:
1900–05; bob 2 + -er 1
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bob 2   (bŏb)   
n.  
  1. A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob.

  2. A fishing float or cork.

  3. A small lock or curl of hair.

  4. A woman's or child's short haircut.

  5. Informal Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose.

  6. The docked tail of a horse.

    1. A bobsled.

    2. A bob skate.

v.   bobbed, bob·bing, bobs

v.   intr.
To fish with a bob.
v.   tr.
To cut short or reshape: bobbed her hair; had his nose bobbed.

[Middle English bobbe, cluster of fruit.]
bob'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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