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. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. [1913 Webster] If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. --Elyot. [1913 Webster] 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. [1913 Webster] Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To mock or delude; to cheat. [1913 Webster] To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster] 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait. [1913 Webster] Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow, Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. --Lauson. [1913 Webster] 3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float. [1913 Webster] 4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line. [1913 Webster] 5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. [1913 Webster] 6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head. [1913 Webster] 7. (Steam Engine) A working beam. [1913 Webster] 8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. [1913 Webster] A plain brown bob he wore. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster] 9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells. [1913 Webster] 10. The refrain of a song. [1913 Webster] To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist. [1913 Webster] 12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. [1913 Webster] He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3. [1913 Webster] He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] ||