Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..

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Bob :: Bob (n.) To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
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..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The bobolink.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A shilling.
Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
Bob :: Bob (n.) The refrain of a song.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..
Cabob :: Cabob (n.) A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
Reedbird :: Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.
Bobfly :: Bobfly (n.) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..
Bobbinwork :: Bobbinwork (n.) Work woven with bobbins.
Bobsleigh :: Bobsleigh (n.) A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed..
Cabob :: Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn..
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