Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang)A police officer.

    Bobby

  2. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang)A railway signaller.

  3. (Scotland, slang)A penis.

  4. (Multicultural London English)Cocaine.

  5. A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.

  6. A banana that is extra small in size.

More definitions
  • an informal term for a British policeman

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Bobby must go to bed by 7:30.

    deBobby muss um halb acht ins Bett gehen.

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  2. Bobby goes to the opera with his girlfriend.

    deBobby geht mit seiner Freundin in die Oper.

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  3. Bobby is going to the opera with his girlfriend.

    deBobby geht mit seiner Freundin in die Oper.

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  4. I need some hairpins and bobby pins.

    ruМне нужны шпильки и заколки для волос.

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  5. Sami found a bobby pin under his bed.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
police officer:

Origin

From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.

From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.

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Forms

plural: bobbies
Singularbobby
Pluralbobbies

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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