Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..

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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)..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.
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..
Bobac :: Bobac (n.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
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..
Popple :: Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble..
Pirn :: Pirn (n.) A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod..
Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs..
Bobbing :: Bobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bo.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A working beam.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
Bobby :: Bobby (n.) A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler..
Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.
Kabob :: Kabob (n. & v. t.) See Cabob, n. & v. t..
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..
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