Definitions for bob
bɒbbob

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. British shilling, shilling, bobnoun

   a former monetary unit in Great Britain

2. bobnoun

   a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

3. bobsled, bobsleigh, bobnoun

   a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

4. bobnoun

   a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

5. bob, bobber, cork, bobfloatnoun

   a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

6. bobtail, bob, docknoun

   a short or shortened tail of certain animals

7. bobverb

   a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)

   "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"

8. bobverb

   move up and down repeatedly

   "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"

9. bobsled, bobverb

   ride a bobsled

   "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure"

10. dock, tail, bobverb

    remove or shorten the tail of an animal

11. curtsy, bobverb

    make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect

    "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand"

12. bobverb

    cut hair in the style of a bob

    "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bobnoun

   A bobbing motion.

2. bobnoun

   A bobber.

3. bob

   A curtsy.

4. bobverb

   To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water.

5. bobverb

   To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.

6. bob

   To curtsy.

7. bobnoun

   A bob haircut.

8. bobnoun

   The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.

9. bob

   The docked tail of a horse.

10. bob

    A short line ending a stanza of a poem.

11. bob

    The short runner of a sled.

12. bobverb

    To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

    I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?

13. bobverb

    To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

14. bob

    Short form of bobsleigh

15. bobnoun

    A shilling.

16. bobnoun

    An unspecified amount of money.

17. bobnoun

    A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

18. Bobnoun

    In various fields such as cryptography and physics, a conventional name for the person or system that receives a message from another person or system conventionally known as Alice.

19. Bobnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

20. Etymology: fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobnoun

   Etymology: from the verb neuter.

   1. Something that hangs so as to play loosely; generally an ornament at the ear; a pendant; an ear-ring.

   The gaudy gossip, when she’s set agog,
   In jewels drest, and at each ear a bob. John Dryden, Juv. sat. vi.

   2. The word repeated at the end of a stanza.

   To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. Roger L'Estrange.

   3. A blow.

   I am sharply taunted, yea, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

2. To BOBverb

   1.To cut. Franciscus Junius.

   Etymology: of uncertain etymology; Stephen Skinner deduces it from bobo, foolish, Span.

   2. To beat; to drum; to bang.

   Those bastard Britons, whom our fathers
   Have in their own land beaten, bobb’d, and thump’d. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   3. To cheat; to gain by fraud.

   I have bobbed his brain more than he has beat my bones. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.

   Live, Rodorigo!
   He calls me to a restitution large,
   Of gold and jewels, that I bobb’d, from him,
   As gifts to Desdemona. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Here we have been worrying one another, who should have the booty, till this cursed fox has bobbed us both on’t. Roger L'Estrange.

3. To Bobverb

   To play backward and forward; to play loosely against any thing.

   And sometimes lurk I in a gossip’s bowl,
   In very likeness of a roasted crab;
   And when she drinks, against her lips I bob,
   And on her wither’d dewlap pour the ale. Midsum. N. Dr.

   They comb, and then they order ev’ry hair;
   A birthday jewel bobbing at their ear. John Dryden, Persius, sat. i.

   You may tell her,
   I’m rich in jewels, rings, and bobbing pearls,
   Pluck’d from Moors ears. John Dryden, Spanish Friar.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bob

   A bob is often used to refer to a particular style of haircut which is typically short and straight, cut evenly around the head at about jaw-level, with bangs at the front. It can also refer to a movable weight used in certain types of clocks and scientific instruments. It can also be a shortened nickname for the name Robert.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobnoun

   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

2. Bobnoun

   a knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait

3. Bobnoun

   a small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float

4. Bobnoun

   the ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line

5. Bobnoun

   a small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc

6. Bobnoun

   a short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head

7. Bobnoun

   a working beam

8. Bobnoun

   a knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig

9. Bobnoun

   a peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells

10. Bobnoun

    the refrain of a song

11. Bobnoun

    a blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist

12. Bobnoun

    a jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick

13. Bobnoun

    a shilling

14. Bobnoun

    to cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob

15. Bobnoun

    to strike with a quick, light blow; to tap

16. Bobnoun

    to cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch

17. Bobnoun

    to mock or delude; to cheat

18. Bobnoun

    to cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail

19. Bobverb

    to have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything

20. Bobverb

    to angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bob

   bob, v.i. to move quickly up and down, to dangle: to fish with a bob.—v.t. to move in a short, jerking manner:—pr.p. bob′bing; pa.p. bobbed.—n. a short jerking motion: a slight blow: anything that moves with a bob or swing: a pendant: a knot of hair, as in Bob′-wig, one with the ends turned up into short curls: a bunch of lobworms, used in catching eels: any small roundish body: the refrain or burden of a song: a term in bell-ringing—a Bob minor is rung upon six bells; a Bob major on eight; a Bob royal on ten; a Bob maximus on twelve.—adj. Bob′bish, in good spirits.—n. Bob′ble, the movement of water in commotion. [Perh. Celt., Gael. baban, babag.]

2. Bob

   bob, n. (slang) a shilling. [Hardly the O. Fr. bobe = 1½d.]

3. Bob

   bob, Bobby, bob′i, n. a shortened familiar form of Robert: a familiar name for a policeman—from Sir Robert Peel, Home Secretary at the passing of the Metropolitan Police Act of 1828.—n. Light′-bob, a soldier of the light infantry.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bob

   At Demon Internet, all tech support personnel are called “Bob”. (Female support personnel have an option on “Bobette”). This has nothing to do with Bob the divine drilling-equipment salesman of the Church of the SubGenius. Nor is it acronymized from “Brother Of BOFH”, though all parties agree it could have been. Rather, it was triggered by an unusually large draft of new tech-support people in 1995. It was observed that there would be much duplication of names. To ease the confusion, it was decided that all support techs would henceforth be known as “Bob”, and identity badges were created labelled “Bob 1” and “Bob 2”. (“No, we never got any further” reports a witness).The reason for “Bob” rather than anything else is due to a luser calling and asking to speak to “Bob”, despite the fact that no “Bob” was currently working for Tech Support. Since we all know “the customer is always right”, it was decided that there had to be at least one “Bob” on duty at all times, just in case.This sillyness snowballed inexorably. Shift leaders and managers began to refer to their groups of “bobs”. Whole ranks of support machines were set up (and still exist in the DNS as of 1999) as bob1 through bobN. Then came alt.tech-support.recovery, and it was filled with Demon support personnel. They all referred to themselves, and to others, as “bob”, and after a while it caught on. There is now a Bob Code describing the Bob nature.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bob

   A knot of worms on a string, used in fishing for eels; also colloquially, it means a berth.--Shift your bob, to move about, to dodge, to fish.--Bear a bob, make haste, be brisk.

2. bob

   The ball or balance-weight of a clock's pendulum; the weight attached to the plumb-line.

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1. bob

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2. BOB

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOB

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bob is ranked #19223 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bob surname appeared 1,412 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bob.
   
   43.2% or 611 total occurrences were Black.
   31.8% or 450 total occurrences were White.
   13.6% or 192 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   4.1% or 59 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.6% or 51 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.4% or 49 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • British Monetary Unit
   • Coif
   • Cut
   • Float
   • Greet
   • Hairdo
   • Move
   • Sled
   • Sport
   • Weight

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bob' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2676

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bob' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1755

Anagrams for bob »

1. obb

How to pronounce bob?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bob in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bob in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bob in a Sentence

1. Bob Dylan:

   Leon Redbonecrossed went on to put out 16 more records. Leon Redbonecrossed career got a boost in the early 1970s when Bob Dylan met Bob Dylan at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Ontario, Canada, and praised Leon Redbonecrossed performance. Bob Dylan said that if Bob Dylan ever started a label, Bob Dylan would have signed Leon Redbonecrossed. Leon interests me, ive heard hes anywhere from 25 to 60, Ive been( a foot and a half from him) and I cant tell, but you got ta see him. He does old Jimmie Rodgers, then turns around and does a Robert Johnson.

2. David Rinetti:

   The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work.

3. Orrin Hatch:

   I've come around a little bit on Donald Trump in Iowa, i'm not so sure we'd lose if Donald Trump in Iowa's Bob Dole because Donald Trump in Iowa's appealing to people who a lot of the Republican candidates have not appealed to in the past.

4. Donald Trump:

   We've got to play a far stronger role in exposing the hypocrisy at the Department of Justice, with no evidence of collusion, with no evidence of any crime whatsoever, they unleashed Bob Mueller to go investigate things that happened before Donald Trump was even contemplating running for president.

5. New York:

   We recognize Bob's contributions to our industry and our listeners, we also affirm NYPR's commitment to providing an inclusive and respectful environment for our employees, guests and listeners.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bob
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bob
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bob
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bob
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bob
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Bob
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=bob
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html