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- Dictionarybob/bɒb/
noun
- 1. a style in which the hair is cut short and evenly all round so that it hangs above the shoulders: "she wore her hair in a fashionable bob"
- 2. a weight on a pendulum, plumb line, or kite tail.
verb
- 1. cut (someone's hair) in a bob: "she'd had her hair bobbed and highlighted"
- 2. ride on a bobsleigh.
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to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water: bob up and down In the harbour, the boats bobbed gently up and down on the water. [ I usually + adv/prep, T ] to move quickly in a particular direction: bob up I dropped the bottle into the water and watched it bob up to the surface a moment later.
BOB meaning: 1. to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water: 2. to move quickly…. Learn more.
A bob is a fairly short hair style in which the hair is the same length all the way round, except for the front.
The meaning of BOB is to strike with a quick light blow : rap. How to use bob in a sentence.
BOB definition: to move up and down quickly and gently: . Learn more.
bob. To bob is to dip up and down, the way something does when it floats on the surface of water. A lobster buoy bobs in the ocean, marking the spot where a lobsterman's trap is set. Your friend stands out when her red hat bobs among a crowd of people, and so does a red boat as it bobs on a lake.
Definition of bob verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob. 2. A small lock or curl of hair. 3. A haircut that hangs evenly above the shoulders, often around the chin, worn especially by women or children. 4. Informal Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose. 5. The docked tail of a horse. 6.
n. a short, jerky motion: a bob of the head. v.t. to move quickly down and up: to bob the head. to indicate with such a motion: to bob a greeting. v.i. to make a jerky motion with the head or body. to move about with jerky, usually rising and falling motions: The ball bobbed upon the waves.
Sep 22, 2024 · bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed) (intransitive) 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. The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
