Bob

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A bunch; a cluster; a nosegay.
2. n. The seed-vessel of flax, hops, etc.
3. n. Any small round object swinging or playing loosely at the end of a cord, line, flexible chain, wire, rod, or the like. Specifically— A little pendant or ornament so attached; an ear-drop.
4. n. The ball or weight at the end of a pendulum, plumbline, and the like.
5. n. The movable weight on the graduated arm of a steelyard.
6. n. A knot of worms, rags, or other lures, fixed to a string, with or without a hook, and used in angling.
7. n. Formerly, a grub or larva of a beetle used for bait.
8. n. A gang of fish-hooks.
9. n. A float or cork for a fish-line.
10. n. A small wheel made entirely of a thick piece of bull-neck or sea-cow leather, perforated for the reception of the spindle, used for polishing the inside of the bowls of spoons and the concave portions of other articles.
11. n. The words repeated at the end of a stanza; the burden of a song.
12. n. A short jerking action or motion: as, a bob of the head.
13. n. In change-ringing, a set of changes which may be rung on 6, 8, 10, or 12 bells. That rung on 6 bells is called a bob minor; on 8 bells, a bob major; on 10 bells, a bob royal; and on 12 bells, a bob maximus.
14. n. A triangular or four-sided frame of iron or wood, vibrating on an axis, by the aid of which the motion of the connecting-rod of an engine is communicated to a pump-rod, the former being usually horizontal, the latter vertical or considerably inclined.
15. n. A dance.
16. n. A particular kind of wig; a bob-wig.
17. n. A shilling. Formerly bobstick.
18. n. An infantry soldier: as, the light bobs: possibly so called because soldiers were enlisted in England with a shilling.
19. n. A seat mounted on short runners, used either for pleasure coasting or for the conveyance of loads over ice or snow; a sled.
20. To cause a short jerky motion of; effect by a short jerking movement: as, “he bobbed his head,”
21. To cut short; dock: often with off: as, to bob or bob off a horse's tail.
22. To act jerkily, or by short quick motions; move or play loosely, in a swaying or vibrating manner: as, to bob against a person; to bob up and down, or back and forth, as a pith-ball or other object, or a person.
23. To make a jerky bow or obeisance.
24. To dance.
25. To angle or fish with a bob, as for eels, or by giving the hook a jerking motion in the water.
26. To strike; beat.
27. To jog; shake; nudge.
28. n. A shake or jog; a blow: as, “pinches, nips, and bobs,” Ascham, The Scholemaster.
29. To mock; deride; insult.
30. To deceive; delude; cheat.
31. To gain by fraud or cheating.
32. n. A taunt; a jeer or flout; a trick.
33. n. A louse; any small insect.
34. n. A piece of clay placed beneath a vessel in a kiln. An old English name for bat, 13 .
35. To transport (a load, as of logs) on a bob or sled.

Wiktionary

1. n. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
2. n. In various fields such as cryptography and physics, a conventional name for the person or system that receives a message from another person or system conventionally known as Alice.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant.
2. n. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
3. n. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
4. n. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
5. n. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
6. n. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing.
7. n. (Steam Engine) A working beam.
8. n. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
9. n. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
10. n. The refrain of a song.
11. n. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. n. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
13. n. Slang, Eng. A shilling.
14. v. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
15. v. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
16. v. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
17. v. To mock or delude; to cheat.
18. v. To cut short.
19. v. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
20. v. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. cut hair in the style of a bob
2. n. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line
3. n. a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
4. n. a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
5. n. a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
6. v. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
7. n. a former monetary unit in Great Britain
8. v. ride a bobsled
9. v. move up and down repeatedly
10. v. make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
11. n. a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
12. n. a short or shortened tail of certain animals