bob
(noun) a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); “he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement”
bobtail, bob, dock
(noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals
bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat
(noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
bob
(noun) a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
bobsled, bobsleigh, bob
(noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
bob
(noun) a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
bob
(verb) cut hair in the style of a bob; “Bernice bobs her hair these days!”
curtsy, bob
(verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; “She curtsied when she shook the Queen’s hand”
dock, tail, bob
(verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal
bob
(verb) move up and down repeatedly; “her rucksack bobbed gently on her back”
bobsled, bob
(verb) ride a bobsled; “The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
BOB (plural BOBs)
(humorous) Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).
BOB (not comparable)
(philately) Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher.
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Bob
A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
(cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
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Bob (plural Bobs)
A generic male person.
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bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)
(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
(transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
To curtsy.
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
bob (plural bobs)
A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
A curtsy.
A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
bob (plural bobs)
A bob haircut.
Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc, so that it may swing when hanging from it
The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
The docked tail of a horse.
A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
The short runner of a sled.
A bobsleigh.
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
A working beam in a steam engine.
A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
(obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
(obsolete) The refrain of a song.
(obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)
(transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
(transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
To bobsleigh.
bob (plural bob)
(Kenya, slang ; UK & Australia, historical, dated slang) A shilling.
(Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.
(slang) An unspecified amount of money.
• Spot me a few bob, Robert.
• The use of bob for shilling is dated slang in the UK and Australia, since decimalisation. In East African countries where the currency is the shilling, it is current usage, and not considered slang. OED gives first usage as 1789.
• The use of bob to describe a 10-cent coin is derived from the fact that it was of equal worth to a shilling during decimalisation, however since then, the term has slowly dropped out of usage and is seldom used today.
bob (plural bobs)
Abbreviation of shishkabob.
bob (plural bobs)
(computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bob, n. Etym: [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast, trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to disappoint, OF. bober to mock.]
1. Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail. In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. Dryden.
2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait. Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow, Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. Lauson.
3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
7. (Steam Engine)
Definition: A working beam.
8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. A plain brown bob he wore. Shenstone.
9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
10. The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.
11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.
13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
Bob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] Etym: [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." W. Irving.
2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.
3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. Shak.
4. To mock or delude; to cheat. To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. Turbervile.
5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
Bob, v. i.
1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and courtesying." Thackeray.
2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3. He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. Saxe. To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
