bob

//bɒb//
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Verb

bobInfinitive
bobPresent tense
bobbedPast tense
bobbedPast participle
bobbingPresent participle
bobsThird-person singular
1

To move up and down quickly and repeatedly, especially in water or air.

The small boat bobbed gently on the waves.

2

To cut hair short so that it hangs evenly around the head.

She decided to bob her hair for the summer.

Noun

bobSingular
bobsPlural
1

A quick, short movement up and down.

She gave a quick bob of her head to say hello.

2

A short hairstyle in which the hair is cut evenly around the head, typically at jaw level.

She decided to cut her long hair into a bob.

3

(British, informal, dated) A shilling.

It only cost a few bob back in those days.

Synonym