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Bobbing
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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noun
1.
a short, jerky motion: a bob of the head.
verb (used with object)
2.
to move quickly down and up: to bob the head.
3.
to indicate with such a motion: to bob a greeting.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase4.
to make a jerky motion with the head or body.
5.
to move about with jerky, usually rising and falling motions: The ball bobbed upon the waves.
6.
bob up, to emerge or appear, especially unexpectedly: A familiar face bobbed up in the crowd.
noun
1.
a style of short haircut for women and children.
2.
a docked horse's tail.
4.
a short, simple line in a verse or song, especially a short refrain or coda.
5.
EXPANDAngling.
a.
a knot of worms, rags, etc., on a string.
b.
a float for a fishing line.
6.
a bobsled or bob skate.
7.
Scot. a bunch, cluster, or wad, especially a small bouquet of flowers.
8.
COLLAPSEObsolete. walking beam.
verb (used with object)
9.
to cut short; dock: They bobbed their hair to be in style.
verb (used without object)
10.
to try to snatch floating or dangling objects with the teeth: to bob for apples.
11.
Angling. to fish with a bob.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bobbe (noun) spray, cluster, bunch (of leaves, flowers, fruit, etc.); of uncertain origin
1300–50; Middle English bobbe (noun) spray, cluster, bunch (of leaves, flowers, fruit, etc.); of uncertain origin
noun
1.
a tap; light blow.
2.
a polishing wheel of leather, felt, or the like.
verb (used with object)
3.
to tap; strike lightly.
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Word Origin & History
bob
"short hair," 1680s, attested 1570s in sense of "a horse's tail cut short," from earlier bobbe "cluster" (as of leaves), mid-14c., a northern word, perhaps of Celtic origin (cf. Ir. baban "tassel, cluster," Gael. babag). Used over the years in various senses connected by the notion of "round, hanging
EXPANDmass," e.g. the meaning "weight at the end of a line" (1650s). The hair sense was revived with a shift in women's styles early 20c. (verb 1918, noun 1926). Related words include bobby pin, bobby socks, bobsled.
COLLAPSE
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