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Bob (bŏb), n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast, trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to disappoint, OF. bober to mock.]
1. 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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In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. Dryden.
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2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
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Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow,
Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. Lauson.
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3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
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4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
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5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
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6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, “a bob of the head”.
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7. (Steam Engine) A working beam.
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8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
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A plain brown bob he wore. Shenstone.
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9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
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10. The refrain of a song.
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To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.
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11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
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12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
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He that a fool doth very wisely hit,
Doth very foolishly, although he smart,
Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.
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13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
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Bob (), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. “He bobbed his head.” W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, “to bob the hair, or a horse's tail”.
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Bob, v. i.
1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. “Bobbing and courtesying.” Thackeray.
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2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
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He ne'er had learned the art to bob
For anything but eels. Saxe.
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To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
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