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Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

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Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..

Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.

Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..

Bob-cherry :: Bob-cherry (n.) A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth..

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..

Bobance :: Bobance (n.) A boasting.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..

Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..

Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension..

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..

Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.