bob

IPA: bˈɑb

A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
A curtsy.
A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
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.
(obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
(obsolete) The refrain of a song.
(obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
(Kenya, slang; UK and Australia, historical, dated) A shilling.
(Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.
(slang) An unspecified amount of money.
(computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
(humorous) Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).
A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
(cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
A generic male person.
Abbreviation of shishkabob.
Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”). [A disease of the bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) caused by a Tubakia fungus.]

(intransitive) 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.
(transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
To curtsy.
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
(intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”)
(transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
(transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
To bobsleigh.

(philately) Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher.

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