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    Bob , 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.
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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.” 
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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.
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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.”
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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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