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bob1
verb (bobbed , bobbing )
1 intr (sometimes bob along or past, etc ) to move up and down quickly a stick bobbing along on the water .
2 intr (usu bob up) to appear or reappear suddenly.
3 to move (the head) up and down, usually as a greeting.
4 intr (usu bob for something) to try to catch (especially an apple floating on water or suspended on a string) with one's teeth, as a game.
5 intr to make a quick curtsy.
noun
1 a quick up-and-down bouncing movement.
2 a quick curtsy.
[14c]
bob2
noun
1 a short hairstyle, with the hair cut square across the face and evenly all round the head.
2 a hanging weight on a clock's pendulum or plumbline, etc.
3 a bobsleigh. See also bits and bobs at bits and pieces.
verb (bobbed , bobbing )
1 to cut (hair) in a bob.
2 to dock (a tail).
3 intr to ride on a bobsleigh.
[20c in sense 1 (noun and verb ); 14c in the form bobbe in the original (now dialect) sense -a spray, bunch or cluster- (eg of flowers); later used to mean -a rounded lump or knob-, and hence bobtail]
bob3
noun (pl bob ) Brit colloq
1 old use a shilling.
2 loosely (usu a few bob or a bob or two) a sum of money, especially a large amount I bet that cost a few bob!
[18c]
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