Definition of BOB

bob

Meanings

Plural: bob, bobs

Noun

  • a former monetary unit in Great Britain
  • a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
  • a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
  • a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
  • a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
  • a short or shortened tail of certain animals
  • a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
    • "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
  • A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
  • A curtsy.
  • A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  • A bob haircut.
  • Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
  • The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
  • The docked tail of a horse.
  • The short runner of a sled.
  • A bobsleigh.
  • A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
  • A working beam in a steam engine.
  • A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
  • A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
  • A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
  • The refrain of a song.
  • A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
  • A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
  • A shilling.
  • A 10-cent coin.
  • An unspecified amount of money.
  • Abbreviation of shishkabob.
  • A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

Verb

  • move up and down repeatedly
    • "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"
  • ride a bobsled
    • "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure"
  • remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  • make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
  • cut hair in the style of a bob
    • "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"
  • 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.
  • To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  • To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  • To perform oral sex on someone.
  • To curtsy.
  • To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
  • Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
  • To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
  • To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
  • To bobsleigh.

Origin / 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

blob, bobber, bobfloat, bobsled, bobsleigh, bobtail, British shilling, cork, curtsy, dock, shilling, tail

Scrabble Score: 7

bob is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bob is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bob is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

bob is a valid Words With Friends word