bob

Speech parts

1. bob - Noun

2. bob - Adjective

3. bob - Verb

4. Bob - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A working beam.

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

A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

The refrain of a song.

A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

A shilling.

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

To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

To mock or delude; to cheat.

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

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

To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shilling cork duck wag bobtail bobsled crop hop dock sway skip oscillate jerk nod wobble
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Antonyms

develop grow stand prove jump arise
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Hypernyms

set move cut dress sledge coiffure

Hyponyms

plumb plummet dabble plumb bob sounding lead bob about

Phrases with the word

bob wig Bob's your uncle so help me Bob Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt as queer as a nine bob note queer as a nine bob note

Derivatives

bobbed bobbing

Examples

If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole. Bob Dole

Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet. Bob Marley

I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan. Jack White

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself. Bob Dylan

I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks. Alan Sillitoe

There is more than one dog name bob. Bajan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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