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Definition or meaning of the English word Bob
A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. (n.). A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float. (n.). To angle with a bob. See Bob. (v. i.). To have a short; jerking motion; to play to and fro; or up and down; to play loosely against anything. (v. i.). To cut short; as; to bob the hair; or a horse's tail. (n.). To mock or delude; to cheat. (n.). To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. (n.). To strike with a quick; light blow; to tap. (n.). To cause to move in a short; jerking manner; to move a thingwith a bob. (n.). A small wheel; made of leather; with rounded edges; used in polishing spoons; etc. (n.). A knot of worms; or of rags; on a string; used in angling; as for eels; formerly; a worm suitable for bait. (n.). The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also; the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line. (n.). A short; jerking motion; act of bobbing; as; a bob of the head. (n.). A knot or short curl of hair; also; a bob wig. (n.). A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells. (n.). A blow; a shake or jog; a rap; as with the fist. (n.). The refrain of a song. (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. (n.). |
