bobes

/B OW1 B Z/
verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive) 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.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    (with on) To perform oral sex on someone.

  4. 4

    To curtsy.

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

    (intransitive) Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).

  7. 7

    (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

  8. 8

    (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.

  9. 9

    To bobsleigh.

noun
  1. 1

    A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

  2. 2

    A curtsy.

  3. 3

    A bobber (buoyant fishing device).

  4. 4

    Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

  5. 5

    A bob haircut.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.

  8. 8

    The docked tail of a horse.

  9. 9

    The short runner of a sled.

  10. 10

    A bobsleigh.

  11. 11

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

  12. 12

    A working beam in a steam engine.

  13. 13

    A particular style of ringing changes on bells.

  14. 14

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

  15. 15

    A short line ending a stanza of a poem.

  16. 16

    (Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.

  17. 17

    (slang) An unspecified amount of money.

  18. 18

    (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.

  19. 19

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

  20. 20

    (obsolete) The refrain of a song.

  21. 21

    (obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.

  22. 22

    (Kenya, slang; UK and Australia, historical, dated) A shilling.

  23. 23

    (humorous) Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).

  24. 24

    A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

  25. 25

    A generic male person.

  26. 26

    (cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.

  27. 27

    Clipping of shishkabob.

  28. 28

    Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”). [A disease of the bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) caused by a Tubakia fungus.]

adjective
  1. 1

    (philately) Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher.