Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

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Noddy :: 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.
Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica)..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Colin :: Colin (n.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.
Purfile :: Purfile (n.) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; -- called also bobbinwork.
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..
Bob :: 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..
Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Popple :: Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble..
Bobbish :: Bobbish (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.
Ypres Lace :: Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
Bobber :: Bobber (n.) One who, or that which, bobs..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..
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