Bob
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.
A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
A working beam.
A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
The refrain of a song.
A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
A shilling.
To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
To mock or delude; to cheat.
To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
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Bob Quotations
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
John F. Kennedy
Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.
Bob Marley
If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.
Bob Dylan
President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.
Newt Gingrich
They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.
Christopher Walken
We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal.
Phil Harris
He asked my girlfriend if we could come over and sing some of the songs that we had written, which we did. After he heard the songs, he said that he knew someone in the record business by the name of Bob Shad.
Phil Harris
Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.
Kate Moss
I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.
Spike Lee
The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted to close his own deal. He never talked to you because he was battling so hard. I sure as hell don't miss batting against him, but I miss him in the game.
Pete Rose
Bob Translations
bob in Spanish is cogote
bob in Swedish is shilling, guppa
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