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bob
I. \ˈbäb\ verb
(bobbed ; bobbed ; bobbing ; bobs)
Etymology: Middle English bobben, perhaps of imitative origin
transitive verb
1.
a. obsolete : strike, pommel, buffet
b. : to strike with a quick light blow : tap, rap
2.
a. : to move with a bob : cause to move down and up or up and down in a short quick movement
< bob the head >
b. : to move with any sudden quick movement (as back and forth or in and out)
< bob your head in and out of the window >
3. : to polish with a bob : buff
intransitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to move down and up or up and down suddenly and briefly and often repeatedly
< a cork bobbing in the water >
< a child bobbing along on a pogo stick >
(2) : to emerge, arise, or appear suddenly or unexpectedly
< a few minutes later it bobbed free of the boiling water — Time >
— usually used with up
< the same question bobs up at each town meeting >
< after months in hiding he bobbed up in Paris >
b. : to nod the head or curtsy briefly
< a little girl bobbing before a visitor >
c. : to try to seize with the teeth (as an apple floating in a tub of water or hanging on a string) — used with for
< bob for apples at a Halloween party >
d. : to move with any sudden quick movement
< he bobbed to the telephone like a puppet — Carolyn Hannay >
e. : to move or go from place to place fitfully — often used with around
< bobbing around town for a day or two >
< small birds bobbing all over the yard >
2. Scotland : to dance a bob
II. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a short quick down-and-up motion
< a bob of the head >
< her curtsy was a mere bob >
b. Scotland : any of several dances
2. obsolete : a blow, jog, tap, or rap especially with the fist
3. obsolete : taunt, gibe
4.
a. : a modification of the coursing order in change ringing
b. : a method of change ringing using a bob
< bob major >
5. : a small polishing wheel of solid felt or leather with rounded edges
III. transitive verb
(bobbed ; bobbed ; bobbing ; bobs)
Etymology: Middle English bobben, from Middle French bober to deceive, from bobe deceit
1. obsolete : deceive, fool, cheat
2. obsolete : to take by fraud : filch
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English bobbe, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Irish Gaelic baban tassel, tuft, Scottish Gaelic, bobbin
1.
a. : a bunch or cluster: as
(1) Scotland : a small bouquet of flowers : nosegay
(2) now chiefly dialect : a bunch of leaves, flowers, or fruit
< red clover bobs >
< a bob of grapes >
(3) : a wad of rags, bait, feathers, or hooks used in angling
b. : a knob, knot, twist, or curl especially of ribbons, yarn, or hair
c. : a wig with tight horizontal or loose vertical curls
d. : a horse's docked tail : bobtail
e. : a very short to shoulder-length haircut on a woman or child
2. archaic : a grub, worm, or beetle especially as used for bait in angling
3. : a ball or weight especially at the end of something: as
a. archaic : a pendant worn as an ornament (as in an earring or attached to a necklace)
b. : the weight at the bottom end of a pendulum
c. : the weight on a plumb line
d. : float I 4
e. : any weighting matter attached to the tail of a kite to steady it
4.
a. archaic : the refrain of a song; specifically : a short and abrupt refrain often of two syllables
b. : a single very short line usually of two or three syllables occurring in a series of longer lines in English verse
5.
a. : clipping
< the animal would be earmarked; that is, assorted crops, bits, and bobs would have been carved out of his long ears — W.F.Harris >
b. : a small usually insignificant piece : trifle
< the bobs and trinkets of criticism — Laurence Sterne >
V. intransitive verb
(bobbed ; bobbed ; bobbing ; bobs)
Etymology: bob (IV) (grub)
: to angle with a bob especially through the ice
VI. transitive verb
(bobbed ; bobbed ; bobbing ; bobs)
Etymology: bob (IV) (knob of hair, bobtail)
1. : to cut shorter : dock, crop — sometimes used with off
< a show horse with a beribboned mane and bobbed tail >
< bob off a dog's tail >
< prune and bob shrubbery >
2. : to cut (hair) in the style of a bob
VII. noun
(plural bob)
Etymology: perhaps from Bob, nickname for the name Robert
slang Britain : shilling
VIII. noun
(-s)
Etymology: back-formation from bobsled
1. : a single pair of sled runners on which the forward ends of logs may be loaded in logging
2. [by shortening] : bobsled
IX. verb
(bobbed ; bobbed ; bobbing ; bobs)
intransitive verb
1. : to ride on a bobsled as a recreation
2. : to transport logs on a bob
transitive verb
: to transport (as logs) on a bob
X. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by shortening
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