bob

Meaning

Verb

1. 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.
2. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
3. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
4. To curtsy.
5. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
6. Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”)

Noun

1. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
2. A curtsy.
3. A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Noun

1. A bob haircut.
2. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
3. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
4. The docked tail of a horse.
5. A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
6. The short runner of a sled.
7. A bobsleigh.
8. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
9. A working beam in a steam engine.
10. A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. (obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
13. (obsolete) The refrain of a song.
14. (obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.

Noun

1. (slang) A shilling.
2. (slang) A 10-cent coin.
3. (slang) An unspecified amount of money.

Noun

Abbreviation of shishkabob.

Noun

A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

Concepts

bob

float

bobsled

dock

bobber

cork

shilling

drift

nod

bobfloat

plumb

plummet

glide

sail

bobsleigh

curtsy

bobtail

curtsey

move gently

pendant

bounce

tail

British shilling

move to and fro

pop up

surface

meander

waft

short

slide

slip along

soar

bend

bow

droop

lower

stoop

bobbed hair

knob

buoy

pontoon

float for a fishing line

quill-bob

cut

jig

fishing float

lead

sounding line

quake

quiver

shimmy

wabble

waddle

wag

waggle

wave

wigwag

wobble

gravity pendulum

pendulum

beat

knock

strike

stroke

blind feeder

blind head

blind riser

closed riser

dummy riser

poise

toboggan

bow down

inclining

accent

avoirdupois

dumbbell

emphasis

heaviness

heft

press

printing shop

sinker

stress

weight

weightiness

pronk

schilling

bow low

kowtow

angle

catch fish

fish

go fishing

net

trawl

bob haircut

bob cut

plumb bob

plumb line

nape

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɒb/

Etymology

From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").