bob

Meanings

Verb

• 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.
• To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
• To curtsy.
• To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
• To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
• To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
• To bobsleigh.

Noun

• A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
• A curtsy.
• A bobber .
• Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
• A bob haircut.
• Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it
• The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
• The docked tail of a horse.
• A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
• The short runner of a sled.
• A bobsleigh.
• A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
• A working beam in a steam engine.
• A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
• A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
• A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
• The refrain of a song.
• A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
• A shilling.
• A 10-cent coin.
• An unspecified amount of money.
• Abbreviation of shishkabob
• A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

Origin

• From Middle English bobben ("to strike, beat, shake, jog"), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob ("to mark, butt dance with a bobbing motion"), Icelandic boppa ("to wave up and down"), Swedish bobba ("to bob"), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").
• From Middle English bobbe.
• blitter object