English Explanatory Dictionary

bob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
  2. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  3. To perform oral sex on someone.
  4. To curtsy.
  5. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
  6. Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
noun
  1. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
  2. A curtsy.
  3. A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
  4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
noun
  1. A bob haircut.
  2. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
  3. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
  4. The docked tail of a horse.
  5. The short runner of a sled.
  6. A bobsleigh.
  7. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
  8. A working beam in a steam engine.
  9. A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
  10. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
  11. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
  12. The refrain of a song.
verb
  1. To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
  2. To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
  3. To bobsleigh.
noun
  1. A shilling.
  2. A 10-cent coin, ten cents.
  3. An unspecified amount of money.
noun
  1. Clipping of shishkabob.
noun
  1. A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
noun
  1. Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).
adj
  1. Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher.
noun
  1. Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”).
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  2. The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
noun
  1. A generic male person.

Pronunciation

bŏb /bɒb/ EN-AU ck1 bob.ogg bäb /bɑb/ En-us-bob.ogg bôb /bɔb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Bob.wav

Word forms

bob bobs bobbing bobbed

Etymology

From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").

Synonyms

surge blob bob cut Party B Jack Joe

Related words

bobbery-bob bob wire slack bob yellow bob Bobby Dobbin Rob Robbie Alice

Derived words

abob apple bobbing bobber bobbish bobble bob-cherry bobchin bobfly bob-job bob under bob up emu bob plumb bob bingle bits and bobs bobcat bob jerom bobkitten bobrun bobweight bob wig Castle bob dry bob Dutch bob earbob gay bob light bob monobob Pixie-bob staggering bob starry bob wet bob a bob each way bent as a nine-bob note bent as a two bob bob-a-job queer as a nine bob note six bob a day tourist two bob two-bob bit two bob each way shadebob Baghdad Bob Bob Hope Bobs Creek Bobs Farm Fighting Bob Bob's your uncle

Translations

Italian: sballottare Russian: подпры́гивать Russian: подпры́гнуть Russian: подска́кивать Russian: подскочи́ть
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