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Bob   /bɑb/   Listen
Bob

noun
1.
A former monetary unit in Great Britain.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: bobber, bobfloat, cork.
6.
A short or shortened tail of certain animals.  Synonyms: bobtail, dock.
7.
A short abrupt inclination (as of the head).
verb
(past & past part. bobbed; pres. part. bobbing)
1.
Move up and down repeatedly.
2.
Ride a bobsled.  Synonym: bobsled.
3.
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.  Synonyms: dock, tail.
4.
Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.  Synonym: curtsy.
5.
Cut hair in the style of a bob.



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"Bob" Quotes from Famous Books



... Speaker, and to Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who brings 34 years of distinguished service to the Congress, may I say: Though there are changes in the Congress, America's interests remain the same. And I am confident that, along with Republican leaders Bob Michel and Bob Dole, this Congress can ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... hand, and his fork in the other. The solemn concentration of mind displayed by many of these personages is worthy of the pencil of Bunbury; and though French caricaturists have done no more than justice to our guttling Bob Fudges, I question whether they would not find subjects of greater science and physical powers among their own countrymen. On our return to the coche d'eau, our fat companion lighted his cigar, and hastened to lie ...
— Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone - Made During the Year 1819 • John Hughes

... desperation. When I opened the door of my study, where Lavater alone could have found a library, the first object that presented itself was an immense folio of a brief, twenty golden guineas wrapped up beside it, and the name of Old Bob Lyons marked on the back of it. I paid my landlady—bought a good dinner—gave Bob Lyons a share of it; and that dinner was the ...
— Irish Wit and Humor - Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell • Anonymous

... tuk him by the scruff av his neck,—my heart was hung on a hair-thrigger those days, you will onderstand—an' 'Out wid ut,' sez I, 'or I'll lave no bone av you unbreakable,'—'Speak to Dempsey,' sez he howlin'. 'Dempsey which?' sez I, 'ye unwashed limb av Satan.'—'Av the Bob-tailed Dhragoons,' sez he, 'He's seen her home from her aunt's house in the civil lines four times this fortnight,'—'Child!' sez I, dhroppin' him, 'your tongue's stronger than your body. Go to your quarters. I'm sorry I ...
— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... this accomplishment, at once so useful and so graceful, and then said: "Look here. I'll give you five bob ...
— The Enchanted Castle • E. Nesbit


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