Definition of bob

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Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

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Bobsled :: Bobsled (n.) Alt. of Bobsleig.
Bone :: Bone (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace..
Bobber :: Bobber (n.) One who, or that which, bobs..
Bobtailed :: Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat..
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..
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..
Creel :: Creel (n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule..
Bobbed :: Bobbed (imp. & p. p.) of Bo.
Bobbish :: Bobbish (a.) Hearty; in good spirits.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion.
Cabob :: Cabob (v. t.) To roast, as a cabob..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
Tag-rag :: Tag-rag (n. & a.) The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3..
Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..
Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The bobolink.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Marmot :: Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck..
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..
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