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    bob
    [bäb]
    verb
    bob (verb) · bobs (third person present) · bobbed (past tense) · bobbed (past participle) · bobbing (present participle)
    1. make a quick, short movement up and down:
      "I could see his red head bobbing around" · "the boat bobbed up and down"
      • cause (something) to make a quick, short movement up and down:
        "she bobbed her head"
      • make a sudden move so as to appear or disappear:
        "a lady bobbed up from beneath the counter"
      • make a brief curtsy:
        "she bobbed and turned away"
    noun
    bob (noun) · bobs (plural noun)
    1. a quick, short movement up and down:
      "she could only manage a slight bob of her head"
      • another term for bobber
      • a brief curtsy:
        "the maid scurried away with a bob"
    Origin
    late Middle English: of unknown origin.
    bob
    [bäb]
    noun
    bob (noun) · bobs (plural noun)
    1. a style in which the hair is cut short and evenly all around 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.
    3. a bobsled.
    4. a short line at or near the end of a stanza.
    5. a horse's tail docked short.
    verb
    bob (verb) · bobs (third person present) · bobbed (past tense) · bobbed (past participle) · bobbing (present participle)
    1. cut (someone's hair) in a bob:
      "she'd had her hair bobbed and highlighted"
    2. ride on a bobsled.
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting a bunch or cluster): of unknown origin.
    bob
    [bäb]
    noun
    BRITISH ENGLISH
    informal
    bob (noun) · bob (plural noun)
    1. a shilling:
      "I got two bob for going to collect it for him"
      • used with reference to a moderately large but unspecified amount of money:
        "those vases are worth a few bob" · "the airline boss is not short of a bob or two"
    Origin
    late 18th century: of unknown origin.
    bob
    [bäb]
    noun
    bob (noun) · bobs (plural noun)
    1. a change of order in bell-ringing.
      • used in names of change-ringing methods:
        "plain bob" · "bob minor"
    Origin
    late 17th century: perhaps connected with bob in the sense ‘sudden movement up and down’.
    BOB
    [BOB]
    abbreviation
    BOB (noun)
    1. Bolivian boliviano(s).
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. make a quick, short movement up and down:
      bounce
      float
      spring
      toss
      skip
      hop
      dance
      jump
      jounce
      quiver
      wobble
      jiggle
      joggle
      jolt
      jerk
      shake
      oscillate
      nod
      incline
      bow
      dip
      duck
      wag
      waggle
      move up and down
    noun
    1. a quick, short movement up and down:
      nod
      inclination
      bow
      dip
      duck
      wag
      waggle
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