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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Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.
Bobtailed :: Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
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.) The refrain of a song.
Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..
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..
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.
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