Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..

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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..
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..
Bobance :: Bobance (n.) A boasting.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica)..
Throstle :: Throstle (n.) A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
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.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..
Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..
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