bob¹ /bob/

1. To move quickly up and down or to and fro
2. To curtsy or bow quickly
3. (with for) to try to catch (a swinging or floating apple, etc) with one's teeth as a game
4. To ride a bobsleigh
5. To fish with a bob

1. To move in a short jerking manner
2. To tap
3. To perform, measure, do, etc (something) with a bob
4. To make a curtsy
5. To cut (hair) square across
6. To dock, to bobtail

1. A short jerking motion
2. A quick curtsy
3. Anything that moves with a bob or swing
4. The weight of a pendulum, plumb line, etc
5. A pendant (archaic)
6. A knot of hair
7. A short straight haircut for women and girls
8. A bunch or cluster (eg of cherries) (dialect)
9. A bunch of lobworms, used in catching eels
10. A bob-fly
11. Any small roundish body
12. The refrain or burden of a song (archaic)
13. A short line at or near the end of the stanza (poetry)
14. A bobsleigh
15. (in pl) the runners for a bobsleigh (N American)
16. A dance (Scot)
17. A slight blow (obsolete)
18. A gibe (obsolete)
19. (also plain bob) a term in bellringing, eg bob minor is rung on six bells, bob major on eight, bob royal on ten, bob maximus on twelve

bobbˈer noun

A float attached to a fishing-line

bobbˈish adjective

In good spirits

bobˈ-apple noun

The game of trying to catch a swinging or floating apple with one's teeth

bobˈcat noun

A kind of lynx

bobˈ-cherry noun

The game of trying to catch a swinging cherry with one's teeth

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