Definition of bob

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Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..

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Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Bobac :: Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..
Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..
Bobbish :: Bobbish (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.
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..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Tag-rag :: Tag-rag (n. & a.) The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.
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..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.
Subobtuse :: Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..
Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
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