bob
noun
1 bob
2 bob
A hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around.
Polish: bob
3 bob
A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism.
synonyms: bobsled, bobsleigh.
Roget 272:
vehicle,
conveyance,
carriage,
caravan,
van;
common carrier;
wagon,
waggon†,
wain,
dray,
cart,
lorry.
truck,
tram;
cariole,
carriole†;
limber,
tumbrel,
pontoon;
barrow;
wheel barrow,
hand barrow;
perambulator;
Bath chair,
wheel chair,
sedan chair;
chaise;
palankeen†,
palanquin;
litter,
brancard†,
crate,
hurdle,
stretcher,
ambulance;
black Maria;
conestoga wagon,
conestoga wain;
jinrikisha,
ricksha,
brett†,
dearborn [U.S.],
dump cart,
hack,
hackery†,
jigger,
kittereen†,
mailstate†,
manomotor†,
rig,
rockaway†,
prairie schooner [U.S.],
shay,
sloven,
team,
tonga†,
wheel;
hobbyhorse,
go-cart;
cycle;
bicycle,
bike,
two-wheeler;
tricycle,
velocipede,
quadricycle†.
equipage,
turn-out;
coach,
chariot,
phaeton,
break,
mail phaeton,
wagonette,
drag,
curricle†,
tilbury†,
whisky,
landau,
barouche,
victoria,
brougham,
clarence†,
calash,
caleche [Fr.],
britzka†,
araba†,
kibitka†;
berlin;
sulky,
desobligeant [Fr.],
sociable,
vis-a-vis,
dormeuse [Fr.];
jaunting car,
outside car;
dandi†;
doolie†,
dooly†;
munchil†,
palki†;
roller skates,
skate;
runabout;
ski;
tonjon†;
vettura†.
post chaise,
diligence,
stage;
stage coach,
mail coach,
hackney coach,
glass coach;
stage wagon,
car,
omnibus,
fly,
cabriolet†,
cab,
hansom,
shofle†,
four-wheeler,
growler,
droshki†,
drosky†.
dogcart,
trap,
whitechapel,
buggy,
four-in-hand,
unicorn,
random,
tandem;
shandredhan†,
char-a-bancs [Fr.].
motor car,
automobile,
limousine,
car,
auto,
jalopy,
clunker,
lemon,
flivver,
coupe,
sedan,
two-door sedan,
four-door sedan,
luxury sedan;
wheels [Coll.],
sports car,
roadster,
gran turismo [It],
jeep,
four-wheel drive vehicle,
electric car,
steamer;
golf cart,
electric wagon;
taxicab,
cab,
taxicoach†,
checker cab,
yellow cab;
station wagon,
family car;
motorcycle,
motor bike,
side car;
van,
minivan,
bus,
minibus,
microbus;
truck,
wagon,
pick-up wagon,
pick-up,
tractor-trailer,
road train,
articulated vehicle;
racing car,
racer,
hot rod,
stock car,
souped-up car.
bob,
bobsled,
bobsleigh†;
cutter;
double ripper,
double runner [U.S.];
jumper,
sled,
sledge,
sleigh,
toboggan.
train;
accommodation train,
passenger train,
express trail,
special train,
corridor train,
parliamentary train,
luggage train,
freight train,
goods train;
1st class train,
2nd class train,
3rd class train,
1st class carriage,
2nd class carriage,
3rd class carriage,
1st class compartment,
2nd class compartment,
3rd class compartment;
rolling stock;
horse box,
cattle truck;
baggage car,
express car,
freight car,
parlor car,
dining car,
Pullman car,
sleeping car,
sleeper,
dome car;
surface car,
tram car,
trolley car;
box car,
box wagon;
horse car [U.S.];
bullet train,
shinkansen [Jap.],
cannonball,
the Wabash cannonball,
lightning express;
luggage van;
mail,
mail car,
mail van.
shovel,
spool,
spatula,
ladle,
hod,
hoe;
spade,
spaddle†,
loy†;
spud;
pitchfork;
post hole digger.
[powered construction vehicles]
tractor,
steamshovel,
backhoe,
fork lift,
earth mover,
dump truck,
bulldozer,
grader,
caterpillar,
trench digger,
steamroller;
pile driver;
crane,
wrecking crane.
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Dutch: bob, bobslee
Polish: bob, bobslej
4 bob
A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string.
Polish: gwicht
5 bob
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
synonyms: bobber, bobfloat, cork.
Dutch: dobber, sim
Polish: spławik, pławik, pływak
6 bob
A short or shortened tail of certain animals.
synonyms: bobtail, dock.
7 bob
A short abrupt inclination (as of the head).
verb
1 bob
Move up and down repeatedly.
Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Roget 309:
leap;
jump up,
jump over the moon;
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
ramp,
cut capers,
trip,
skip,
dance,
caper;
buck,
buck jump;
curvet,
caracole;
foot it,
bob,
bounce,
flounce,
start;
frisk
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jump about
etc.
(agitation)
315;
trip it on the light fantastic toe,
trip the light fantastic,
dance oneself off one's legs,
dance off one's shoes.
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Dutch: deinen
2 bob
Ride a bobsled:
— The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure.
synonym: bobsled.
Dutch: bobben, bobsleeën
3 bob
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.
synonyms: dock, tail.
4 bob
Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.
synonym: curtsy.
Roget 314:
oscillate;
vibrate,
librate†;
alternate,
undulate,
wave;
rock,
swing;
pulsate,
beat;
wag,
waggle;
nod,
bob,
courtesy,
curtsy;
tick;
play;
wamble†,
wabble†;
dangle,
swag.
fluctuate,
dance,
curvet,
reel,
quake;
quiver,
quaver;
shake,
flicker;
wriggle;
roll,
toss,
pitch;
flounder,
stagger,
totter;
move up and down,
bob up and down
etc.
adv.;
pass and repass,
ebb and flow,
come and go;
vacillate
etc.
605;
teeter [U.S.].
brandish,
shake,
flourish.
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Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down;
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow;
courtesy,
curtsy;
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel;
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head;
cower;
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
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5 bob
Cut hair in the style of a bob.
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