Found 4 items, similar to Bob.
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: bob
bouffant
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: bob
bouffant
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bob
bob
n 1: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn:
British shilling
,
shilling]
2: a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all
around
3: a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering
mechanism [syn:
bobsled,
bobsleigh]
4: a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
5: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn:
bobber,
cork,
bobfloat]
6: a short or shortened tail of certain animals [syn:
bobtail,
dock]
7: a short abrupt inclination (as of the head);
“he gave me a
short bob of acknowledgement”
[also:
bobbing,
bobbed]
bob
v 1: move up and down repeatedly;
“her rucksack bobbed gently on
her back”
2: ride a bobsled;
“The boys bobbed down the hill screaming
with pleasure” [syn:
bobsled]
3: remove or shorten the tail of an animal [syn:
dock,
tail]
4: make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a
sign of respect;
“She curtsied when she shook the Queen's
hand” [syn:
curtsy]
5: cut hair in the style of a bob;
“Bernice bobs her hair these
days!”
[also:
bobbing,
bobbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bob
Bob
\Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See
Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a
thing) with a bob.
“He bobbed his head.” --W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . .
he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
--Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
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Bob
\Bob\ (b[o^]b), n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick,
jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive.
Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast,
trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to
disappoint, OF. bober to mock.]
1. Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short
abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as,
the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
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In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. --Dryden.
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2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling,
as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
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Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow,
Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow.
--Lauson.
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3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing
line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
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4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or
weight at the end of a plumb line.
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5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used
in polishing spoons, etc.
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6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the
head.
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7. (Steam Engine) A working beam.
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8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
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A plain brown bob he wore. --Shenstone.
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9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
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10. The refrain of a song.
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To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song.
--L'Estrange.
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11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
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12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
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He that a fool doth very wisely hit,
Doth very foolishly, although he smart,
Not to seem senseless of the bob. --Shak.
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13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
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Bob
\Bob\, v. i.
1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
and down; to play loosely against anything.
“Bobbing and
courtesying.” --Thackeray.
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2. To angle with a bob. See
Bob, n., 2 & 3.
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He ne'er had learned the art to bob
For anything but eels. --Saxe.
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To bob at an apple,
cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or
seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round
fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a
tug of water.
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