Bob

[bɒb] or [bɑb]

Definition

(noun.) a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); 'he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement'.

(noun.) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.

(noun.) a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string.

(noun.) a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around.

(verb.) cut hair in the style of a bob; 'Bernice bobs her hair these days!'.

(verb.) move up and down repeatedly; 'her rucksack bobbed gently on her back'.

Editor: Ricky--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.

(n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

(n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.

(n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

(n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

(n.) A working beam.

(n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.

(n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

(n.) The refrain of a song.

(n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

(n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

(n.) A shilling.

(n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.

(n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

(n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

(n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.

(n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.

(v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.

(v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

Inputed by Lennon

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Move with a jerk.[2]. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock.[3]. Clip, cut short.[4]. [Rare.] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.

v. n. [1]. Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.[2]. Angle (with a jerking motion), fish.

n. [1]. Jerking motion.[2]. Pendent, hanging appendage.

Inputed by Gustav

Definition

n. (slang) a shilling.

v.i. to move quickly up and down to dangle: to fish with a bob.—v.t. to move in a short jerking manner:—pr.p. bob′bing; pa.p. bobbed.—n. a short jerking motion: a slight blow: anything that moves with a bob or swing: a pendant: a knot of hair as in Bob′-wig one with the ends turned up into short curls: a bunch of lobworms used in catching eels: any small roundish body: the refrain or burden of a song: a term in bell-ringing—a Bob minor is rung upon six bells; a Bob major on eight; a Bob royal on ten; a Bob maximus on twelve.—adj. Bob′bish in good spirits.—n. Bob′ble the movement of water in commotion.

n. a shortened familiar form of Robert: a familiar name for a policeman—from Sir Robert Peel Home Secretary at the passing of the Metropolitan Police Act of 1828.—n. Light′-bob a soldier of the light infantry.

Checker: Muriel