Definitions for bobby
ˈbɒb ibob·by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bobbynoun

   an informal term for a British policeman

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. bobbynoun

   A police officer.

2. bobbynoun

   A railway signaller.

3. Bobbynoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

   It was a real irritation to Robert's parents to hear Adeline call him Bobby. They tried to intimate their disapproval by pronouncing his name very distinctly when they addressed him.

4. Bobbynoun

   A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.

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1. bobby

   A "bobby" is a British term for a policeman. The name originates from Sir Robert Peel, who established the Metropolitan Police Force for London in 1829, hence "bobby" is a nickname for Robert.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobbynoun

   a nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler

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1. Bobby

   Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez and stars an ensemble cast. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win of the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries in California.

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1. bobby

   Song lyrics by bobby -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by bobby on the Lyrics.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bobby

   The nickname of a policeman, after Sir Robert Peel, to whom the introduction of the modern police system was due.

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1. BOBBY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bobby is ranked #24137 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bobby surname appeared 1,042 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bobby.
   
   78.7% or 821 total occurrences were White.
   7.9% or 83 total occurrences were Black.
   4.1% or 43 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.9% or 41 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.4% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Policeman

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bobby' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3651

How to pronounce bobby?

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 bobby in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bobby in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bobby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bobby in a Sentence

1. Connie Francis:

   My letters were for sale on eBay, i said to my secretary, ‘No matter what they cost, I want my letters to Bobby back. Bid the highest for them.’ But it seems like there was a girl named Laura Rice who... no matter what was bid on, she had last dibs... She always had the final bid. So she got all the letters.

2. Evan Thomas:

   Nixon's paranoia went up a great deal after he lost in 1960, partly because he felt the Kennedys had used dirty tricks to defeat him, he felt the Kennedys were better at dirty tricks than he was in 1960. And he was probably not wrong about that. The Kennedys played hardball. And [his brother] Bobby Kennedy was probably smarter about dirty tricks in 1960 than Richard Nixon was. I say that having written a biography of Bobby Kennedy.

3. Gail Montelaro:

   That's Bobby, he thinks outside of the box. And he cares about his children and likes doing things with them and their future in mind. That is not unusual about him.

4. Bobby Brown:

   I would tell my younger self, take my time and not rush into life situations so quickly, slow down, bobby Brown : Every Little Step.

5. Johnny Galecki:

   Early on, Bobby and Jordan Horowitz (another of the film’s producers) bonded over the idea of using practical effects, nobody has anything against CGI as an additive. I think we all see the benefit of digital effects. But I think audiences have missed seeing these puppets, I think they miss seeing the sweat and the fingerprints. We used CGI as a sweetener, very, very subtly, in expressions in the eyes and things of that nature. Otherwise, we had real puppeteers there, whether they were under the table with their hand in the puppet or whether they were within the puppet, as the creatures grow bigger. It was a blast; it was really fun. Oddly, when you spend 12 hours a day with these puppets, they become little personalities. They just feel like fellow castmates, as absurd as that sounds.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bobby
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bobby
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobby
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bobby
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=bobby
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html