bob (verb)

  • 1bob about — verb move up and down with no specific path the cork bobbed around in the pool • Syn: ↑bob around • Hypernyms: ↑bob • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP …

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  • 2bob around — verb move up and down with no specific path the cork bobbed around in the pool • Syn: ↑bob about • Hypernyms: ↑bob • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP …

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  • 3bob up — verb originate or come into being a question arose • Syn: ↑arise, ↑come up • Hypernyms: ↑become • Verb Frames: Something s * * * bob up …

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  • 4bob — Ⅰ. bob [1] ► VERB (bobbed, bobbing) 1) make or cause to make a quick, short movement up and down. 2) curtsy briefly. ► NOUN ▪ a quick, short movement up and down. ● …

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  • 5Bob — Sm (ein Sportschlitten) per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. bob(sled) oder bob(sleigh), das ursprünglich im amerikanischen Englischen zwei aneinandergehängte Schlitten bezeichnete, mit denen Baumstämme transportiert… …

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  • 6bob — verb ADVERB ▪ gently, slightly ▪ about, along ▪ An old cigarette pack bobbed along in the current. PHRASES ▪ bob up and down …

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  • 7bob´sled´der — bob|sled «BOB SLEHD», noun, verb, sled|ded, sled|ding. –n. 1. a long sled with two sets of runners and a continuous seat. It has a steering wheel and brakes. 2. two short sleds fastened together by a plank. 3. either of the short sleds. –v.i. to… …

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  • 8bob|sled — «BOB SLEHD», noun, verb, sled|ded, sled|ding. –n. 1. a long sled with two sets of runners and a continuous seat. It has a steering wheel and brakes. 2. two short sleds fastened together by a plank. 3. either of the short sleds. –v.i. to ride on a …

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  • 9bob|ble — «BOB uhl», verb, bled, bling noun. –v.i. 1. to move with a continual bobbing. 2. Slang. to blunder; fumble: »Sometimes, in his earnestness, he bobbled a bit (Newsweek). –v.t. Slang. to fumble (a ball): »The fielder bobbled an easy grounder …

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  • 10bob|sleigh — «BOB SLAY», noun, intransitive verb, sleighed, sleighing. = bobsled. (Cf. ↑bobsled) …

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