Definition of "bob"
- verb
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.
To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
To curtsy.
To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
Short form of bobsleigh.
- noun
A bobbing motion.
A bobber.
A curtsy.
A bob haircut.
Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
The docked tail of a horse.
A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
The short runner of a sled.
A shilling.
A 10-cent coin.
An unspecified amount of money.
Abbreviation of shishkabob.
A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
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