bob
verb
[ bɒb ]
• make a quick, short movement up and down.
• "I could see his head bobbing about"
Similar:
bounce,
move up and down,
float,
spring,
toss,
skip,
hop,
dance,
jump,
jounce,
quiver,
wobble,
jiggle,
joggle,
jolt,
jerk,
shake,
oscillate,
nod,
incline,
bow,
dip,
duck,
wag,
waggle,
bob
noun
• a quick, short movement up and down.
• "she could only manage a slight bob of her head"
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
bob
noun
• 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"
• a weight on a pendulum, plumb line, or kite tail.
• a bobsleigh.
• a short line at or near the end of a stanza.
bob
verb
• cut (someone's hair) in a bob.
• "she'd had her hair bobbed and highlighted"
• ride on a bobsleigh.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a bunch or cluster): of unknown origin.
bob
noun
• a shilling.
Origin:
late 18th century: of unknown origin.
bob
noun
• a change of order in bell-ringing.
Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps connected with bob1 in the sense ‘sudden movement up and down’.
BOB
abbreviation
• Bolivian boliviano(s).
