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bob2

Syllabification: (bob)
Pronunciation: /bäb/

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Definition of bob

noun

  • 1a style in which the hair is cut short and evenly all around so that it hangs above the shoulders.
  • 2a weight on a pendulum, plumb line, or kite-tail.
  • 3a bobsled.
  • 4a short line at or near the end of a stanza.
  • 5a horse’s tail docked short.

verb (bobs, bobbing, bobbed)

  • 1 [with object] (usually as adjective bobbed) cut (someone’s hair) in a bob:she tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair
  • 2 [no object] ride on a bobsled.

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a bunch or cluster): of unknown origin

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