meaning of bob
1. A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
2. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
3. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
4. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
5. To mock or delude; to cheat.
6. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horses tail.
7. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
8. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n. , 2 & 3.
9. 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 kites tail.
10. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
11. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
12. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
13. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
14. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
15. A working beam.
16. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
17. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
18. The refrain of a song.
19. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
20. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
21. A shilling.
22. a short abrupt inclination as of the head; "he gave me a short bob of
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