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- 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.
- 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 - n. - A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
- Bob - n. - The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
- Bob - n. - A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
- Bob - n. - A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
- Bob - n. - A working beam.
- Bob - n. - A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
- Bob - n. - A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
- Bob - n. - The refrain of a song.
- Bob - n. - A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
- Bob - n. - A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
- Bob - n. - A shilling.
- Bob - n. - To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
- Bob - n. - To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
- Bob - n. - To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
- Bob - n. - To mock or delude; to cheat.
- Bob - n. - To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
- Bob - v. i. - To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
- Bob - v. i. - To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
- Bob wig - - A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
- 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.
- Bobac - n. - The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
- Bobance - n. - A boasting.
- Bobbed - imp. & p. p. - of Bob
- Dropper - n. - One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
- Bob - n. - To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
- Duck - v. t. - To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
- Plummet - n. - A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
- Bob - n. - A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
- Bob - n. - A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
- 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.
- 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 - 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.
- Popple - v. i. - To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.