Meaning

22 senses

  1. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

    a bob of the head

    подска́киваниеpodskákivanije, подпры́гиваниеpodprýgivanije

  2. A curtsy.

  3. A bobber (buoyant fishing device).

  4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

  5. A bob haircut.

  6. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.

  7. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.

    отве́сotvés

  8. The docked tail of a horse.

    купи́рованный хвостkupírovannyj xvost

  9. The short runner of a sled.

    по́лозpóloz

    a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

  10. A bobsleigh.

  11. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

  12. A working beam in a steam engine.

Examples

297 sentences

  1. Do people still bob for apples?

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  2. Have you ever bobbed for apples?

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  3. We could bob for apples.

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  4. Bob could not control his anger.

    Бог не зміг утримати свою злість. — deniko

    ruБоб не мог сдержать свой гнев. — wondersz1

    deBob konnte seinen Ärger nicht beherrschen. — Hans_Adler

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  5. Bob can answer all the questions.

    Боб може відповісти на всі запитання. — deniko

    ruБоб может ответить на все вопросы. — ae5s

    deBob kann alle Fragen beantworten. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
bobbing motion:
the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line:
the docked tail of a horse:
the short runner of a sled:
a short line ending a stanza:

Origin

From Middle English bobben (“to move up and down or back and forth”), of uncertain origin.

From Middle English bobben (“to move up and down or back and forth”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Faroese bøbbur (“something that rises or stands up; top”), Dutch dobberen (“to float, bob”).

From Middle English bobbe (“a cluster (of fruit); a twig with its leaves, a spray”), perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Irish baban "tassel, cluster," Gaelic babag).

Blend of blitter object.

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Forms

plural: bobs / bob
Singularbob
Pluralbobs / bob

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
bob cut
Close in meaning
  • a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line:bobbercorkbobfloat
  • a short or shortened tail of certain animals:bobtaildock
  • a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism:bobsledbobsleigh
  • a former monetary unit in Great Britain:British shillingshilling

Word family

22 related words
Relatedbobbery-bobslack bobyellow bob
Derivedplumb bobbinglebobcatbob jerombobkittenbobrunbobweightbob wigdry bobearbobgold boblight bobmonobobstaggering bobstarry bobwet bobbob-a-jobtwo bobshadebob

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boatA1boathouseboatmanbobabobbinbobbybobcat

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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