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1. | | to move up and down, like a fishing bobber. |
2. | | to move back and forth as with your head. |
3. | | a dangling or hanging object, such as the weight on a pendulum or on a plumb line. |
4. | | hairstyle for women and children, the hair is cut short evenly all round the head. |
5. | | a rotating polishing disc usually made of felt, leather containing abrasive material. |
6. | | short for bobskate, bobsleigh, a runner on a bobsled. |
7. | | to cut an animals tail short; to dock or crop. |
8. | | a small knot of worms etc, used as bait in fishing. |
9. | | short line of verse at the end of a stanza of poetry or preceding a rhyming quatrain. |
10. | | a hanging cluster, as of flowers or ribbons. |
11. | | psychedelic drug. |
12. | | a UK indie pop band. |
13. | | in English money, a shilling, traditionally about five pence (5 cents). |
14. | | a 1993 side scrolling shooter video game. |
15. | | common English boys name meaning bright fame, nickname for Robert. |
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Bob About | or around, to move up and down, or back and forth in an unsteady manner, often aimlessly. |
Bob a Job | an English fundraising activity, Scouts knock on doors offering to do jobs for a shilling. |
Bobalob | nickname for your loved one, hi Bobalob!. |
Bobaloo | babbling talk by a drunk person. |
Bob a Loo | adventure based learning program for children 2-6. |
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Bob a Loop | toy from 1958, try to flip wooden ball on top of a handle. |
Bob a Lot | interactive dog toy that wobbles as played with and slowly releases kibble. |
Bob and Weave | to move quickly up and down, and side to side, typically to evade something. |
Bobbed | past tense of bob. |
Bobber | person or thing that bobs, specifically something used in fishing. |
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Bob a Loop | toy from 1958, try to flip wooden ball on top of a handle. |
Bob a Lot | interactive dog toy that wobbles as played with and slowly releases kibble. |
Bobber | company that specializes in email marketing. |
Bobber | a charcoal grill shaped and painted like a fishing bobber. |
Bobber Bridge | simplified bidding system for the game of Bridge that can be learned in 15 minutes. |
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Bobber Interactive | business that provides customer engagement solutions. |
Bobber Motorcycle | a stripped down cruiser with a vintage style and low seat height. |
Bobbie | a name, this spelling is usually for a girl. |
Bobbery | disturbance or brawl. |
Bobbery | character in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door video game by Nintendo. |
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Bobbie Sue | a common name, also the seventh album by The Oak Ridge Boys. |
Bobbin | cylinder, or spool upon which yarn or thread is wound in spinning, machine sewing. |
Bobbine Lace | hand made lace with bobbins of thread twisted around pins stuck into a pattern on a pillow. |
Bobbinless | Without a bobbin. |
Bobbinlike | Resembling or characteristic of a bobbin. |
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Bobbinet | a net of hexagonal mesh made on a lace machine. |
Bobbing | moving up and down. |
Bobbing About | heaving and setting without making any way. |
Bobbinwork | sewing/weaving type work woven with bobbins. |
Bobbing | fluctuation of a radar echo from interference and reinforcement of reflected waves. |
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Bobble | a repeated jerky movement, fumbling a baseball, an error or mistake, a small fabric ball. |
Bobble Hat | knitted hat with a tufted woollen ball on top. |
Bobble Head | collectable doll with an oversized head representing a celebrity, cartoon character. |
Bobbsey Twins | characters in a childrens book series, two people who are often together. |
Bobby | a name for a boy, and Bobbie for a girl. Also an English police officer. |
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Bobby Calf | a calf no more than a week old that is sent to be slaughtered. |
Bobby Dazzler | person or thing that is outstanding or excellent, especially an attractive girl. |
Bobbye | another spelling of Bobbie for a girl. |
Bobby Pin | flat, springlike metal hairpin having the prongs held close together by tension. |
Bobby Socks | socks that reach above the ankle and are sometimes folded down to the ankle. |
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Bobby Soxer | an adolescent girl, especially during the 1940s, following youthful fads and fashions. |
Bobcat | a North American wildcat from Canada to Mexico with brownish coat and black spots. |
Bob Cherry | childrens game in which a cherry, hung against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth. |
Bob FM | on air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America. |
Bobfloat | in angling, a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork. |
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Bobfly | in fishing the fly at the end of the leader; an end fly. |
Bob for Apples | to grab at apples floating in a tub of water or hanging from a string with your teeth. |
Bob Gear | jogging and offroad strollers for children. |
Bob House | a small shack on runners or a trailer used for ice fishing on a frozen lake. |
Bob Loves Abishola | Tv sitcom. |
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Bob Planter | small planter for houseplants looking like a figurine with a pot on its head. |
Bobrun | an ice course for bobsledding with high walls, banked turns, and straightaways. |
Bob's | clothing and footwear stores in the Northeast. |
Bob's | first Brazilian fast food chain, founded by 1948 Wimbledon champion Robert Falkenburg. |
Bobs | the act of doing something related to the root word Bob. |
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Bobs | winter slippers from Skechers. |
Bobs Burgers | animated Tv show. |
Bobskate | an ice skate with two parallel blades. |
Bobsled | a sled with two runners, a brake, steering mechanism. Two short sleds coupled together. |
Bobsledders | people who bobsled. |
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Bobsleigh | a British word for a bobsled. |
Bobstay | nautical; a rope, chain, or rod from the outer end of the bowsprit to the cutwater. |
Bobstay Collars | ends of a bobstay consisting of a loop of rope. |
Bobstay Holes | holes cut for the admission of the bobstay. |
Bobstay Plates | iron plates by which the lower end of the bobstay is attached to the stem. |
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Bobtail | a short or docked tail done to make it stand upright, an animal with such a tail. |
Bobtailed | a cut tail. |
Bobtailing | cutting the tail. |
Bobtailly | appearing to have a bobtail. |
Bob Tailed Weaver | species of bird found in central Africa. |
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Bobtail Squid | small 1"-3" squid with a round body shape and short tentacles. |
Bob That Head | song recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts |
Bob the Builder | animated childrens Tv show. |
Bob the Robber | video game character where you get to be a thief. |
Bob the Train | animated train on a childrens educational Tv show. |
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Bob Under | disappear, go under. |
Bob Up | to suddenly or unexpectedly appear or rise up. |
Bob Veal | the flesh of an unborn or newborn calf, used for food. |
Bob Weight | mechanical weight in the elevator control of some aircraft that applies a nose-down force. |
Bob Wheel | a metrical device in poetry, a short line then longer lines with internal rhyme scheme. |
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Bobwhite | any of several true quails distributed through much of the Americas. |
Bobwig | wig with a sort style to it. |
Bob Wire | barbed wire. |
Bob World | online banking platform. |
Bob Your Head | moving your head back and forth. |
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Boba | or bubble tea, an iced drink from Taiwan with milk, fruit syrup, and chewy tapioca balls. |
Boba | a village in Vas County, Hungary. |
Bobac | or Bobak, a type of marmot from Central Asia. |
Bobac | a Persian name meaning young father, a Polish name meaning broad bean. |
Bobadil | a swaggering boaster, from Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour. |
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Bobahloo | a company that creates animation. |
Bobai Campaign | part of the Chinese Civil War after WWII. |
Bobak | an unobtainable exotic unit in the game Anime Last Stand. |
Bobak | sausage comapny in Chicago IL. |
Bobak Studio | architectural visualization studio that creates 3d visualizations and animation. |
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Bobal | a red grape from Spain used in winemaking. |
Bobalo | term of endearment from female to male. 'You are my whole world Bobalo'. |
Bobance | to boast, boasting, self-praise. |
Bobaraba | a national dance craze in South Africa and Mali, meaning "big bottom" locally. |
Bobasatranidae | a family of extinct palaeonisciform fishes in the suborder Platysomoidei. |
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Boba Tea | bubble tea, a variety of tea containing balls of pearl tapioca, from Taiwan in the 1980's. |
Bobath Method | exercises for those with central nervous system problem such as cerebral palsy, stroke. |
Bobbejaan | a baboon, a large black spider, also a monkey wrench. |
Bobba | online community aimed at teens by a Finnish company. |
Bobbar | Something that is rubbish, useless, nonsense, of poor quality.. |
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Bobbasheely | a good friend, or to hang out with a friend.. |
Bobbex | brand of deer repellent. |
Bobbidi | warlock character in Dragon Ball, a Japanese media franchise. |
Bobbies | plural for English police officer (Bobby). |
Bobbili | a town in Vizianagaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. |
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Bobbio | a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Northern Italy. |
Bobbish | cheerful, in good health and mood. |
Bobbitt | to cut off a man's privates, from the case of John and Lorena Bobbitt. |
Bobblier | also means resembling a small ball of wool. |
Bobbliest | this too means resembling a small ball of wool. |
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Bobbly | resembling a small ball of wool. |
Bobbo | character in the sitcom Scrubs. |
Bobeche | slightly cupped ring placed over a candleholder to catch the drippings of a candle. |
Bobeck Effect | the contraction of magnetic strip domains in a thin magnetic film to cylindrical domains. |
Bobi | in 2024 purportedly the worlds oldest dog at age 31 in Portugal. |
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Bobiano | also Trebbiano, a white grape used in the production of Italian wines and balsamic vinegar. |
Bobierrite | transparent mineral consisting of octahydrated magnesium phosphate. Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O. |
Bobigny | commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. |
Bobilla | a genus of cricket in tribe Nemobiini, found in Australasia and the Pacific islands. |
Bobilliers Law | in mathematics, a law for general planar rigid motion. |
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Bobita | Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by Babita, is a Bangladeshi 1970's film actress. |
Bobjonesite | monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.. |
Bobka | a coffeecake shaped like a loaf, flavored with chocolate, cinnamon, nuts, or dried fruit. |
Bobkingite | monoclinic-prismatic pale blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
BOBL | acronymn for Best Of a Bad Lot. |
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Boblet | a two-man bobsleigh. |
Boblo | nickname for Bois Blanc Island in the Detroit River on the Ontario side. |
Bobo | gorilla infant captured at just two weeks old. Later rescued by the Seattle Zoo. |
Bobo | a drunk, also a liberal educated person with an affluent lifestyle and nonconformist values. |
Bobo | materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona. |
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Bobo | people indigenous to Burkina Faso, Africa (a shortening of bourgeois bohemian). |
Bobo | member of well-to-do professional class in the social structure. |
Bobo | the Census Bureau ranks it #3828 of the most common surnames in America. |
Bobo | a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Paul Deliège and Maurice Rosy. |
BOBO | acronym for Burnt-Out But Opulent, someone who retires young but very wealthy. |
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Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo | is a Japanese comedy manga series. |
Bobo Bush | regional term for marijuana. |
Bobo Chan | full name Bobo Chan Man-Woon is a former Hong Kong actress, singer, and model. |
BOBOI | acronymn for Branch on Burned-Out Indicator (in a computer code). |
Bobok | short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that first appeared in 1873. |
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Bobol | fraud by those with access to public funds colluding with someone in authority. |
Bobolink | a North American songbird that winters in South America. A reedbird, ricebird. |
Bobolling | to commit a bobol. |
Bobon | a 4th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. |
Bobotie | South African dish of curried mincemeat topped with beaten egg baked to a crust. |
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Bobowler | from the Midland English dialect, a large moth. |
Bobr | a river in Vitebsk and Minsk of Belarus. |
Bobre | a musical bow was traditional in Mauritius, played by striking the string with a stick.. |
Bobrinsky | the Counts Bobrinsky are Russian nobles descending from Catherine the Great's son. |
Bobrisky | a Nigerian internet personality known for her cross-dressing career. |
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Bobrowski | is a Polish-language surname. |
Bobruisk | town of Russia, in the government of Minsk. Besieged ineffectually by the French in 1812. |
Bobsy Die | informal fuss, confusion, pandemonium. |
Bobrov's Appliance | medical device for injecting large quantity of fluid such as glucose, saline. |
BOBW | acronymn for Best Of Both Worlds. |
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BOBY | Fame and prosperity. |
Bobylev | and Bobyleva, masculine and feminine forms of a common Russian surname. |
Bobzin | a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. |
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Alice and Bob | placeholders used in cryptography and physics problems. |
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique | a salon service at Disney World changing little girls into princesses. |
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo | song from Disney's Cinderella. |
Bibbidi Bobbidi Factory | dance and singing lesson business in Korea for aspiring teen idols. |
Big Bob | popular sandwich of two hamburgers, onions, and chicory. |
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Big Shot Bob | clutch shooting Robert Horry, won 7 NBA Championships in 1992-2008. |
Big Word Bob | someone who likes to show off their vocabulary. |
Bits and Bobs | miscellaneous items like in a drawer or shoebox. |
Boba Fett | Star Wars bounty hunter taking over territory of Jabba the Hut. |
Brother Bob | nickname for a family member. |
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Dealy Bob | a nameless object like a whatchamacallit. |
Deelie Bobber | somewhat snowflake shaped plastic 1/2" disks that can interconnect as a toy. |
Deely Bobber | cone shaped sewing spool that improves feed thru by reducing thread tension. |
Deely Bobber | a silly headband with two spring like antennae that wave around. |
Discombobulated | to confuse or disconcert, confound, bewilder. |
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DoodleBob | character drawn by SpongeBob Squarepants who then turns on him. |
Francisco de Bobadilla | Spanish governor in the West Indies, sent Columbus back to Spain in chains. |
GBOB | Guest Blogging Outreach Business, online company. |
Hi Bob | Human Resources online platform for business. |
K-Bob | chain of steak restuarants in the Southwest. |
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Lobob | solutions for contact lenses. |
Long Bob | Robert Meusel, Yankees player in 1920's. Stole home in two World Series. |
Love That Bob | Tv sitcom from the 1950's starring Bob Cummings. |
Microsoft Bob | software product with a user friendly desktop of a house with 'rooms' of apps. |
Minion Bob | one of the characters in the Despicable Me movie franchise. |
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Nabob | one who becomes rich and prominent in 18th century England. |
Nabobery | the state of being a nabob. |
Nabobess | a female nabob. |
Nabobish | one who becomes rich and prominent. |
Nabobism | great wealth and luxury. |
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Nattering Nabob | a phrase by VP Spiro Agnew to describe the Media's negative attitude. |
Nosiree Bob | absoultely not, no way that is happening. |
Not Short of a Few Bob | wealthy or affluent, as Bob denotes British money. |
OBOB | Oregon Battle of Books, childrens reading competition. |
Plumb Bob | essentially a weight on a string to gauge how vertical an object is. |
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QBob | action packed arcade style video game from 1998 from Moonrock Software. |
Queer as a Nine Bob Note | modern meaning to be homosexual. |
RBOB | Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending, ie gasoline. |
Salmon Bob | up and down motion of a salmon caught in a drift net. |
Santa Bobby | play off of a very popular Christmas song. |
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SBOBET | online Asian sports betting platform. |
Shish Kabob | vegetable or meat cooked on a small stick or skewer. |
Short of a Few Bob | poor, also someone who is not very intelligent. |
Sideshow Bob | character on The Simpsons Tv show. |
Silent Bob | comical movie character in a fictional universe. |
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Skibob | a bike-like vehicle with skis instead of wheels. |
SpongeBob SquarePants | title character in a cartoon Tv show living in the city of bikini bottom. |
The Bobs | American a cappela singing group. |
Thingamabob | or thingamajig, thingumbob; a thing of which the name has been forgotten. |
True as Bob | according to fact, true. Used primarily in South Africa. |
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Two Bob | something small in value, worth about two English shillings (10 cents). |
UBOBET | online gambling and sports betting in Costa Rica. |
Ubobo | South African shrub for treating chest pain. Town in Queensland Australia. |
Unbobbed | as in hair etc not cut. |
WBOB | AM radio station in Jacksonville, Fl. |
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What about Bob | 1991 movie with Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. |
What Would Bob Do | funny saying on T-shirt. |
Yessiree Bob | a definite yes. |
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Bob's Your Uncle | a common expression in the UK meaning 'there you have it', 'that's it then', 'the job is done easily' that everything is or will turn out all right.
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Bob's your Father's Brother | said to emphasize how easily or quickly something can be done. A humorous elaboration of the previous phrase.
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Bobby on the Beat | someone is always shows up to get the job done just like an English Bobby police officer.
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Bobtail Curtain Antenna | a bidirectional, vertically polarized, phased-array antenna that has two horizontal sections, each 0.5 electrical wavelength long, that connect three vertical sections, each 0.25 electrical wavelength long.
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Bobtail Liability Insurance | insurance that provides coverage if an 18-wheeler carrying cargo delivers its load and then on its way home, causes an accident resulting in a lawsuit. The policy pays for actual and punitive damages as well attorneys' fees.
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Been Bobbing for Fries | something or someone that is ugly, as in having being dipped in hot oil and the resulting burns.
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Bent as a Nine Bob Note | someone who is dishonest or criminally minded. Also someone who is gay or not straight.
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair | a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald appearing in the Saturday Evening Post. Bernice is a Native American girl who visits her sophisticated white cousin in the city. In an attempt to become popular, Bernice announces she will bob her hair, but this leads to unforeseen consequences. Named after Queen Berenice II of Egypt who sacrifices her long tresses to ensure victory in war. The Gods then honored her by placing her hair in the heavens as the constellation Coma Berenices.
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Bobo the Web Monkey | the mythical prototype of incompetent web designers everywhere. Bobo knows about HTML only from what he has learned from viewing the source code of other people's Web pages.
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| A-Line Bob | shorter in back, longer in front. |
| Asymmetrical Bob | one side longer than the other. |
| Blunt Bob | super straight, same length all over. |
| Bob With Bangs | just what it sounds like. |
| Braided Bob | braids first, then bobbed. |
| Cheeky Bob | gently brushes the cheek. |
| Chin Bob | curling inward at the chin. |
| Curly Bob | cut short but lots of curls. |
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| French Bob | a chin length bob. |
| Inverted Bob | longer in front, layered in back. |
| Layered Bob | has a variety of lengths. |
| Long Bob | or lob, shoulder length. |
| Shaggy Bob | ruler straight cuts, V-shaped at neck. |
| Shingle Bob | ruler straight cuts, V-shaped at neck. |
| Sliced Bob | thinning out to reduce volume. |
| Wavy Bob | long waves back and forth. |