ALL meanings of bob
bob
B b - verb bob If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water. 3
- verb bob If you bob somewhere, you move there quickly so that you disappear from view or come into view. 3
- verb bob When you bob your head, you move it quickly up and down once, for example when you greet someone. 3
- verb bob Bob is also a noun. 3
- countable noun bob In Britain, people used to refer to a shilling as a bob. 3
- countable noun bob A bob is a fairly short hair style for women in which the hair is the same length all the way round, except for the front. 3
- verb bob to move or cause to move up and down repeatedly, as while floating in water 3
- verb bob to move or cause to move with a short abrupt movement, as of the head 3
- verb bob to make (a bow or curtsy) 3
- verb bob to appear or emerge suddenly 3
- verb bob to disappear suddenly, as beneath a surface 3
- verb bob to attempt to get hold (of a floating or hanging object, esp an apple) in the teeth as a game 3
- noun bob a short abrupt movement, as of the head 3
- noun bob a quick curtsy or bow 3
- noun bob a particular set of changes 3
- noun bob the topmost fly on a cast of three, often fished bobbing at the surface 3
- noun bob this position on a wet-fly cast 3
- noun bob a hairstyle for women and children in which the hair is cut short evenly all round the head 3
- noun bob a dangling or hanging object, such as the weight on a pendulum or on a plumb line 3
- noun bob a polishing disc on a rotating spindle. It is usually made of felt, leather, etc, impregnated with an abrasive material 3
- noun bob a runner or pair of runners on a bobsled 3
- noun bob a small knot of worms, maggots, etc, used as bait 3
- noun bob 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 3
- noun bob a refrain or burden with such a short line or lines 3
- noun bob a docked tail, esp of a horse 3
- noun bob a hanging cluster, as of flowers or ribbons 3
- verb bob to cut (the hair) in a bob 3
- verb bob to cut short (something, esp the tail of an animal); dock or crop 3
- verb bob to ride on a bobsled 3
- verb bob to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against) 3
- noun bob a light knock; tap 3
- noun bob Robert1: dim. Bobby 3
- noun bob a hanging cluster 3
- noun bob any knoblike hanging weight or pendant 3
- noun bob a short curl or knob of hair 3
- noun bob a docked tail, as of a horse 3
- noun bob a short hairstyle for a woman or child, with the hair of relatively even length all around 3
- noun bob a quick, jerky motion, like that of a cork on water 3
- noun bob a float on a fishing line 3
- noun bob clustered bait used on a fishing line 3
- noun bob a type of Scottish dance 3
- noun bob a quick curtsy 3
- noun bob a bobsled or bob skate 3
- noun bob a tap or light blow 3
- noun bob a short refrain in a song 3
- verb transitive bob to knock against lightly; rap 3
- verb transitive bob to move, esp. up and down, with short, jerky motions 3
- verb transitive bob to cut (hair, a tail, etc.) short; dock 3
- intransitive verb bob to move or act in a bobbing manner; move suddenly or jerkily 3
- intransitive verb bob to curtsy quickly 3