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A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

Example: a bob of the head

A curtsy.

A bobber (buoyant fishing device).

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.

Example: The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.

To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.

Example: I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.

To curtsy.

To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

A bob haircut.

Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it

The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.

The docked tail of a horse.

To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

Example: I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?

To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

To bobsleigh.

(Kenya) A shilling.

Example: I could have saved myself a few bob buying it somewhere else.

A 10-cent coin.

An unspecified amount of money.

Example: Spot me a few bob, Robert.

A dish made of small pieces of meat, with or without vegetables, which are skewered on a wooden or metal stick and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.

A crystal structure consisting of a central spine (the shish) and disks or lumps growing out from it (the kebab).

A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.