bobverb
uk/bɒb/us/bɑːb/-bb-[ I ] to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water:
[ I usually + adv/prep, T ] to move quickly in a particular direction:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- cavort
- glide
- gun
- leg
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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bobnoun
uk/bɒb/us/bɑːb/bob noun (HAIRSTYLE)
[ C ] plural bobs a women's hairstyle with the hair cut to neck length all around the head:
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Hairstyles
- barnet
- blowout
- bobbed
- bun
- bunch
- coiffed
- comb-over
- cornrow
- fauxhawk
- flattop
- fringe
- loose
- Mohawk
- pageboy
- parting
- permanent wave
- pigtail
- ponytail
- quiff
- shake
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bob noun (MONEY)
[ C ] plural bob UK old-fashioned informal a shilling : a British coin used in the past:
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British money
- bit
- crown
- farthing
- fiver
- guinea
- pence
- penny
- penny
- pound
- pound sign
- pound sterling
- quid
- sixpenny
- smacker
- sovereign
- tenner
- threepence
- tuppence
- tuppenny
- twopenny
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bob noun (MOVEMENT)
[ C ] plural bobs a quick movement up and down:
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- body language
- cock
- cue
- finger
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- peace sign
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb/sth down
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bob noun (SMALL THINGS)
small things or jobs of different types
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Groups and collections of things
- agglomeration
- Aladdin's cave
- anthology
- assemblage
- bank
- basket
- cache
- ensemble
- feast
- generation
- glory box
- grab bag
- group
- package
- pool
- sheaf
- sheaves
- subgroup
- vintage
- wad
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