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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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..
Heck :: Heck (n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine..
Plumb :: Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Bobwhite :: Bobwhite (n.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note..
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..
Ypres Lace :: Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace..
Bobber :: Bobber (n.) One who, or that which, bobs..
Bobbery :: Bobbery (n.) A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery..
Suboccipital :: Subobtuse (a.) Partially obtuse.
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To mock or delude; to cheat.
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..
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