Bob
move up and down repeatedly
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,554 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,628 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- move up and down repeatedly her rucksack bobbed gently on her back
- ride a bobsled also: bobsled The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal also: dock, tail
- make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect also: curtsy She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand
- cut hair in the style of a bob Bernice bobs her hair these days!
noun
- a former monetary unit in Great Britain also: British shilling, shilling
- a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
- a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism also: bobsled, bobsleigh
Bob in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Where’s Orlop Bob singing up from below?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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But wot do you think BOB was reading?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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My brother Bob always laughs about my long postscripts.
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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Aunt Margaret and nurse did not have to endure this infliction--which seemed to Bob and Cecilia obviously unfair.
Back to Billabong · Mary Grant Bruce · Chapter 1
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The dominating, unhurried note rang, echoed, and began to die away as they saw Brant's hand fall on Bob Floyd's shoulder.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1