Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..

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Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob..
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.
Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
Bobsleigh :: Bobsleigh (n.) A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed..
Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..
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