bob

A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

“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.

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

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

“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.

A short line ending a stanza of a poem.

The short runner of a sled.

A bobsleigh.

A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

A working beam in a steam engine.

A particular style of ringing changes on bells.

A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.

The refrain of a song.

A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.

To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

“I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?”

To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

To bobsleigh.

(Kenya) A shilling.

“I could have saved myself a few bob buying it somewhere else.”

A 10-cent coin.

An unspecified amount of money.

“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.