bob

🇺🇸 /bɑːb/ 🇬🇧 /bɒb/
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verb
R

to move quickly up and down, like in water

The apple bobbed in the water.

R

to cut hair evenly all around

Bob cut his hair evenly all around.

noun
R

a quick up and down movement of the head

He gave a bob of his head.

R

a hairstyle where the hair is cut evenly all around at a short or medium length

She has a bob hairstyle.

R

an old British coin worth 12 pence

I only have a few bob left.

R

a racing sled for two or more people to slide over snow

We raced each other on our bobs.

translation

v. to move quickly up and down, like in water; to cut hair evenly all around
n. a quick up and down movement of the head; a hairstyle where the hair is cut evenly all around at a short or medium length; an old British coin worth 12 pence; a racing sled for two or more people to slide over snow

Word Forms

Past bobbed
Progressive bobbing
Plural bobs
3rd Present bobs
Perfect bobbed