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bob
1[bob]
noun
a short, jerky motion.
a bob of the head.
verb (used with object)
to move quickly down and up.
to bob the head.
to indicate with such a motion.
to bob a greeting.
verb (used without object)
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)
to cut short; dock.
They bobbed their hair to be in style.
verb (used without object)
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)
to tap; strike lightly.
bob
4[bob]
noun
plural
boba shilling.
Bob
5[bob]
noun
a first name, form of Robert.
bob
1/ ɒ /
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
to appear or emerge suddenly
(intr; foll by under, below, etc) to disappear suddenly, as beneath a surface
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
2/ ɒ /
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
dialecta 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
3/ ɒ /
verb
to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against)
noun
a light knock; tap
Bob
4/ ɒ /
noun
slangeverything is or will turn out all right
bob
5/ ɒ /
noun
(formerly) an informal word for a shilling
Word History and Origins
Origin of bob2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bob1
Origin of bob2
Origin of bob3
Origin of bob4
Origin of bob5
Example Sentences
Blue and white ribbons and streamers have been stretched high across the streets of the shopping district and, in the old port, bunting flutters from the boats bobbing in the Mediterranean.
My bobbed hair was tucked under a baseball cap I had started wearing to emulate Hailey.
In the 30 years before the mid 1990s, net migration, the number arriving minus the number leaving, bobbed up and down but was broadly balanced.
Club members and fellow villagers chipped in to send them on their way with a few bob in their pocket because they did not get paid.
Billy is often seen bobbing, pacing and swaying — all signs of brain damage caused by years of captivity, the organization said.
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