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Bob

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Noun

1. bob, british shilling, shilling

a former monetary unit in Great Britain

2. bob

a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

3. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh

a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

4. bob

a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

5. bob, bobber, bobfloat, cork

a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

6. bob, bobtail, dock

a short or shortened tail of certain animals

7. bob

a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

Example Sentences:
'he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement'

Verb

8. bob

move up and down repeatedly

Example Sentences:
'her rucksack bobbed gently on her back'

9. bob, bobsled

ride a bobsled

Example Sentences:
'The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure'

10. bob, dock, tail

remove or shorten the tail of an animal

11. bob, curtsy

make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect

Example Sentences:
'She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand'

12. bob

cut hair in the style of a bob

Example Sentences:
'Bernice bobs her hair these days!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bob

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verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed
1. 
to move or cause to move up and down repeatedly, as while floating in water
2. 
to move or cause to move with a short abrupt movement, as of the head
3. 
to make (a bow or curtsy)
the little girl bobbed before the visitor
4. (intransitive; usually foll by up)
to appear or emerge suddenly
5. (intr; foll by under, below, etc)
to disappear suddenly, as beneath a surface
6. (intransitive; usually foll by for)
to attempt to get hold (of a floating or hanging object, esp an apple) in the teeth as a game
noun
7. 
a short abrupt movement, as of the head
8. 
a quick curtsy or bow
9. bell-ringing
a particular set of changes
10. angling
a.  short for bobfloat
b. 
the topmost fly on a cast of three, often fished bobbing at the surface
c. 
this position on a wet-fly cast
noun
1. 
a hairstyle for women and children in which the hair is cut short evenly all round the head
2. 
a dangling or hanging object, such as the weight on a pendulum or on a plumb line
3. 
a polishing disc on a rotating spindle. It is usually made of felt, leather, etc, impregnated with an abrasive material
4.  short for bob skate, bobsleigh
5. 
a runner or pair of runners on a bobsled
6. angling
a small knot of worms, maggots, etc, used as bait
7. 
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
8. 
a refrain or burden with such a short line or lines
9. 
a docked tail, esp of a horse
10. British dialect
a hanging cluster, as of flowers or ribbons
verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed
11. (transitive)
to cut (the hair) in a bob
12. (transitive)
to cut short (something, esp the tail of an animal); dock or crop
13. (intransitive)
to ride on a bobsled
verbWord forms: bobs, bobbing or bobbed
1. 
to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against)
noun
2. 
a light knock; tap
nounWord forms: plural bob
British (formerly) an informal word for a shilling (sense 1)
noun
Bob's your uncle

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bob

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noun
Informal
Robert1: dim. Bobby
noun
1.  British, Dialectal
a hanging cluster
2. 
any knoblike hanging weight or pendant
a plumb bob
3. 
a short curl or knob of hair
4. 
a docked tail, as of a horse
5. 
a short hairstyle for a woman or child, with the hair of relatively even length all around
6. 
a quick, jerky motion, like that of a cork on water
7. 
a. 
a float on a fishing line
b. 
clustered bait used on a fishing line
8. 
a type of Scottish dance
9. 
a quick curtsy
10.  US
a bobsled or bob skate
11.  Archaic
a tap or light blow
12.  Archaic
a short refrain in a song
verb transitiveWord forms: bobbed or ˈbobbing
13. 
to knock against lightly; rap
14. 
to move, esp. up and down, with short, jerky motions
15. 
to cut (hair, a tail, etc.) short; dock
verb intransitive
16. 
to move or act in a bobbing manner; move suddenly or jerkily
17. 
to curtsy quickly
18. 
to fish with a bob
19. 
to try to catch suspended or floating fruit with the teeth
with for
nounWord forms: plural bob
British, Slang
a shilling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bob

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v. bobbed, bob·bing, bobs
v.intr.
1. To move up and down: a cork bobbing on the water.
2. To grab at floating or hanging objects with the teeth: bobbed for apples.
3. To fish with a bobber.
4. To curtsy or bow.
v.tr.
To cause to move up and down: bobbed my head in response to the question.
n.
1. A quick, jerky movement of the head or body.
2. A bobber used in fishing.
n.
1. A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob.
2. A small lock or curl of hair.
3. A haircut that hangs evenly above the shoulders, often around the chin, worn especially by women or children.
4. Informal Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose.
5. The docked tail of a horse.
6.
a. A bobsled.
b. A bob skate.
tr.v. bobbed, bob·bing, bobs
To cut short or reshape: bobbed her hair; had his nose bobbed.
n. pl. bob
Chiefly British
A shilling.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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