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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?b, IPA^(key): /b?b/
• Rhymes: -?b
• (US) enPR: bäb, IPA^(key): /b?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

Etymology 1

From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, butt dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").

Verb

bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)

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.

   The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.

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

   The flowers were bobbing in the wind.

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

   I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.

   bob one's head (= to nod)

3. To curtsy.
4. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
   • 1533, Thomas Elyot, The Book of the Governor

     He was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.

Derived terms

• bobber
• bob for apples
• bob up

Translations

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

   a bob of the head

2. A curtsy.
3. A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
   • 1613, John Dennys, The Secrets of Angling

     Or yellow bobs turn'd up before the plough / Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enough.

4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. A bob haircut.
2. Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it
   • 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

     Ecod! I have got them. Here they are. My cousin Con's necklaces, bobs and all.

3. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
4. The docked tail of a horse.
5. A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
6. The short runner of a sled.
7. A bobsleigh.
8. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
9. A working beam in a steam engine.
10. A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. (obsolete) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
    • 1737, William Shenstone, The Extent of Cookery

      A plain brown bob he wore.

13. (obsolete) The refrain of a song.
14. (obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.

Translations

Verb

bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)

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

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

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

Translations

Etymology 3

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Noun

bob (plural bob)

1. (Kenya, slang; Britain and Australia, historical, dated) A shilling.
   • 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, xxix

     ‘’Ere y’are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown] for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XVII

     […] there was a sound of barking and a great hefty dog of the Hound of the Baskervilles type came galloping at me, obviously intent on mayhem, [... and] I was just commending my soul to God and thinking that this was where my new flannel trousers got about thirty bobs' worth of value bitten out of them […]

2. (Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.
3. (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
   • Spot me a few bob, Robert.

Usage notes

• The use of bob for shilling is dated slang in the UK and Australia, since decimalisation. In East African countries where the currency is the shilling, it is current usage, and not considered slang. OED gives first usage as 1789.
• The use of bob to describe a 10-cent coin is derived from the fact that it was of equal worth to a shilling during decimalisation, however since then, the term has slowly dropped out of usage and is seldom used today.

Derived terms

• bob-a-job
• bent as a nine-bob note
• two bob
• two-bob bit

Etymology 4

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. Abbreviation of shishkabob.

Etymology 5

blitter object

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
   • 1995, "John Girvin", Blitting bobs (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.programmer)

     IMHO, youd ^[sic] be better doing other things with the CPU and letting the blitter draw bobs, esp on a machine with fast ram.

   • 2002, "demoeffects", Demotized 0.0.1 - A collection of demo effects from the early days of the demo scene. (on Internet newsgroup fm.announce)

     Changes: This release adds 2 new effects (bobs and unlimited bobs), has a GFX directory for sharing graphics, adds utility functions to the common code...

Derived terms

• shadebob

Anagrams

• obb

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p/
• Hyphenation: bob
• Rhymes: -?p
• Homophone: Bob

Etymology 1

From bewust onbeschonken bestuurder (“deliberately unintoxicated driver”).

Noun

bob m (plural bobs, diminutive bobje n)

1. designated driver

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bob.

Noun

bob f or m (plural bobs)

1. (winter sports) bob, bobsleigh

   Synonym: bobslee

French

Etymology

From the English personal name Bob, used to designate light infantrymen, and probably introduced into French during the First World War.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?b/

Noun

bob m (plural bobs)

1. bucket hat, fishing hat

Further reading

• “bob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bob]
• Hyphenation: bob
• Rhymes: -ob

Noun

bob (plural bobok)

1. bobsleigh
2. a type of sled (a flat-bottomed concave plastic sled with no runners, equipped with brakes)
3. a car used on the track of an alpine slide or bobsled rollercoaster (mountain coaster)

Declension

Synonyms

• szánkó

Derived terms

• bobos

Irish

Etymology

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Noun 1

bob m (genitive singular bob, nominative plural bobanna)

1. (hair) bob
   1. fringe (of hair over forehead)
   2. bob(tail)

      Synonym: bob eireabaill

Derived terms

Noun 2

bob m (genitive singular bob, nominative plural bobanna)

1. stump, target (in games)

Derived terms

• bob a bhualadh ar dhuine (“to play a trick on someone”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "bob" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “bob” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bob” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Noun

bob m (invariable)

1. bobsleigh / bobsled

Related terms

• bobbista

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bob?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ab?-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bob, Polish bób, Czech bob, Russian ??? (bob), Serbo-Croatian b?b.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?p/

Noun

bob m

1. (uncountable) bean plant
2. beanfield

Declension

Derived terms

• bobowka f (“an individual bean seed”)

See also

• tšuka f (“bean pod”)

Further reading

• bob in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• bob in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bobe
• bóbi

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?b?.bi/

Noun

bob m (plural bobes)

1. curler (small cylindrical tube)
2. hair roller, hair curler

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian b?b.

Noun

bob n (plural boabe)

1. A type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad bean
2. a grain
3. Any seed, pit, stone, berry.

Related terms

• boab?

See also

• s?mân??
• gr?unte

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bobsleigh.

Noun

bob n (plural boburi)

1. bobsleigh

See also

• sanie

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English bobbe (“cluster of fruit; spray of leaves”).

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. a bunch, a cluster (of things)
2. (obsolete) a nosegay, bunch of flowers
3. a knot; a bunch of ribbon
4. a patch of rich grass

Verb

bob (third-person singular present bobs, present participle bobbin, past bobbit, past participle bobbit)

1. (of grass) to grow richly in patches

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic expressing quick movement, but compare English bob, above.

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. a dance

Verb

bob (third-person singular present bobs, present participle bobbin, past bobbit, past participle bobbit)

1. to dance with up-and-down movement

   Synonym: bab

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from Middle English bobben (“to strike”) or Old French bober, baubir (“to mock, deride”).

Noun

bob (plural bobs)

1. a target, a mark to aim at
2. a taunt

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bob?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôb/

Noun

b?b m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. broad bean
2. horse bean

Declension

Etymology 2

From English bob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôb/

Noun

b?b m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. bobsled

Declension

Sicilian

Noun

bob m

1. bobsleigh / bobsled

Spanish

Noun

bob m (plural bobs)

1. bob, bob haircut (hairstyle)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?b/

Adjective

bob

1. Soft mutation of pob.

Mutation

English

Etymology

Clipping of babby (“babber”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæb/

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. (Britain, informal) Baby
2. (fishing, East Anglia) A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.

Synonyms

• (baby): see Thesaurus:baby
• (bait): clod

Verb

bab (third-person singular simple present babs, present participle babbing, simple past and past participle babbed)

1. (intransitive, fishing, East Anglia) To fish for eels using a bab.

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, abb, abb.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French barbe

Noun

bab

1. beard

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian bob, Slovak bôb, Russian ??? (bob, “bean”), from Proto-Slavic *bob?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?b]
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

bab (plural babok)

1. bean

Declension

Synonyms

• fuszulyka (regional)
• paszuly (regional)

Derived terms

• babzsák
• kávébab
• szójabab

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bab. From Arabic ????? (b?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bab/, [?bap?]

Noun

bab (plural bab-bab, first-person possessive babku, second-person possessive babmu, third-person possessive babnya)

1. chapter
2. door, gate

   Synonyms: gapura, pintu

3. case, matter

   Synonyms: hal, masalah

Further reading

• “bab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun 1

bab m (genitive singular bab, nominative plural babanna)

1. Alternative form of bob (“bob; fringe”)

Noun 2

bab m (genitive singular bab, nominative plural babanna)

1. Alternative form of bob (“stump, target”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "bab" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (b?b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bap/
• Rhymes: -bap, -ap

Noun

bab (Jawi spelling ????, plural bab-bab, informal 1st possessive babku, impolite 2nd possessive babmu, 3rd possessive babnya)

1. chapter (section in a book)

Further reading

• “bab” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Meriam

Noun

bab

1. father or paternal uncle

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• bav

Noun

bab m

1. father

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *babo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw.

Adjective

bab

1. above, top

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bap/

Noun

bab f

1. genitive plural of baba

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????????? (bab) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (vapra). Cognate with Sylheti ??? (baf), Assamese ??? (bap), Bengali ??? (bap), Hindi ??? (b?p)

Noun

bab (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)

1. father

   Synonym: baf

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) bap

Etymology

From Late Latin *babbus. Compare Sardinian babbu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba?p]

Noun

bab m (plural babs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) father

Coordinate terms

• mamma

See also

• pader (term to address a priest or monk)

Scots

Etymology 1

Compare bob, likely cognate of English bob, from Middle English bobben (“to strike, to shake”).

Verb

bab (third-person singular present babs, present participle babbin, past bab'd, past participle bab'd)

1. synonym of bob (“to move up and down”)
2. to dance, to hop

Etymology 2

From older Scots bob; compare Middle English bobbe (“cluster of fruit; spray of leaves”).

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. nosegay, a bunch of flowers; a tassel, a bunch of ribbons
2. (in compounds) something fine, something decorated

3. a lump, dollop
4. (figuratively) a lumpish person, an idiot

Etymology 3

From Northern Middle English bab, a variant of babe

Noun

bab (plural babs)

1. (obsolete) a babe, baby

References

• “bab, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bobben v.¹”, in Middle English Compendium?^[4], November, 2019
• “bab, n.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bob, n.¹” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “bob, n.¹.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, ?OCLC
• “bobbe”, in Middle English Compendium?^[5], November, 2019
• “bab, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, ?OCLC

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

bab m (genitive singular baba, plural baban or babannan)

1. tuft, tassel
2. child's excrement (hence abab)
3. stain

Related terms

• abab

References

• “bab” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)

Zazaki

Noun

bab (m)

1. father (sort form)