'Bob' definitions:
Definition of 'bob'
From: WordNet
noun
A former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: British shilling, shilling, bob]
noun
A hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
noun
noun
A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
noun
noun
noun
A short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
verb
Move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"
verb
Ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" [syn: bobsled, bob]
verb
verb
Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" [syn: curtsy, bob]
verb
Cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"
Definition of 'Bob'
From: GCIDE
- Bob \Bob\ (b[o^]b), n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast, trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to disappoint, OF. bober to mock.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait. [1913 Webster]
- Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow, Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. --Lauson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Steam Engine) A working beam. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. [1913 Webster]
- A plain brown bob he wore. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
- 9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells. [1913 Webster]
- 10. The refrain of a song. [1913 Webster]
- To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist. [1913 Webster]
- 12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. [1913 Webster]
- He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bob'
From: GCIDE
- Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
- 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. [1913 Webster]
- If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. --Elyot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. [1913 Webster]
- Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To mock or delude; to cheat. [1913 Webster]
- To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bob'
From: GCIDE
- Bob \Bob\, v. i.
- 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and courtesying." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3. [1913 Webster]
- He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. [1913 Webster]
- To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bob'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- accost,
- address,
- amputate,
- angle,
- annihilate,
- bait the hook,
- balsa,
- balsa raft,
- ban,
- bar,
- barber,
- bawbee,
- bend,
- bend the knee,
- bend the neck,
- bending the knee,
- bis,
- bob a curtsy,
- bob down,
- bobble,
- boil down,
- boom,
- bounce,
- bow,
- bow and scrape,
- bow down,
- bow the head,
- bowing and scraping,
- bump,
- buoy,
- burden,
- caper,
- capriole,
- capsulize,
- caracole,
- careen,
- Carling float,
- cavort,
- chant,
- chatter,
- chorus,
- clam,
- clip,
- coggle,
- coif,
- coiffure,
- compress,
- condense,
- conk,
- contract,
- cork,
- crop,
- crouch,
- crown,
- cull,
- curtail,
- curtsy,
- curvet,
- cut,
- cut a dido,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut capers,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- dangle,
- dap,
- dib,
- dibble,
- didder,
- dipping the colors,
- dither,
- ditto,
- dock,
- dollar,
- drive,
- duck,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- embrace,
- enucleate,
- epitomize,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fall down before,
- falter,
- farthing,
- fish,
- fiver,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- float,
- florin,
- flounce,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- fly-fish,
- foreshorten,
- fourpence,
- fourpenny,
- frisk,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- genuflect,
- genuflection,
- gig,
- go fishing,
- greeting,
- grig,
- grimace,
- groat,
- guddle,
- guinea,
- hail,
- half crown,
- half dollar,
- halfpenny,
- hand-clasp,
- handshake,
- have an ague,
- hello,
- hitch,
- homage,
- how-do-you-do,
- hug,
- hustle,
- inclination,
- isolate,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- jump about,
- kiss,
- kneel,
- kneeling,
- knock,
- knock off,
- kowtow,
- lead,
- librate,
- life buoy,
- life preserver,
- life raft,
- lop,
- lurch,
- mag,
- make a leg,
- make a reverence,
- make obeisance,
- making a leg,
- meg,
- mite,
- monkey,
- mow,
- mutilate,
- net,
- new pence,
- nip,
- nod,
- np,
- nutate,
- obeisance,
- obsequiousness,
- oscillate,
- p,
- pare,
- peel,
- pence,
- pendulate,
- penny,
- pick out,
- pitch,
- pluck,
- plumb,
- plumb bob,
- plumb line,
- plumb rule,
- plummet,
- poll,
- pollard,
- pompadour,
- pontoon,
- pony,
- pound,
- prance,
- presenting arms,
- process,
- prostration,
- prune,
- quake,
- quaver,
- quid,
- quiver,
- raft,
- ramp,
- rap,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- reel,
- refrain,
- repeat,
- repetend,
- resonate,
- retrench,
- reverence,
- rictus,
- ritornello,
- rock,
- roll,
- romp,
- root out,
- rule out,
- salaam,
- salutation,
- salute,
- sandbag,
- scrape,
- seine,
- servility,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set square,
- shake,
- shave,
- shear,
- shilling,
- shingle,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shorten,
- shrimp,
- shudder,
- sinker,
- sixpence,
- skip,
- smile,
- smile of recognition,
- snatch,
- snub,
- spin,
- square,
- squat,
- stamp out,
- standing at attention,
- start,
- still-fish,
- stoop,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stunt,
- submission,
- submissiveness,
- sudden pull,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- supination,
- surfboard,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- synopsize,
- T square,
- take in,
- take off,
- take out,
- telescope,
- tenner,
- threepence,
- threepenny bit,
- thrippence,
- tic,
- torch,
- toss,
- trawl,
- tremble,
- tremor,
- trim,
- trip,
- troll,
- truncate,
- try square,
- tunk,
- tuppence,
- tweak,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- twopence,
- undersong,
- vacillate,
- vibrate,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- waver,
- weight,
- whale,
- wipe out,
- wobble,
- wrench,
- yank,
- yerk