Antonyms for
bob
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.
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All Definitions for Bob

Below are all the dictionary definitions of bob:

1To 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.
2To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
3To perform oral sex on someone.
4To curtsy.
5To strike with a quick, light blow
6To tap.
7Synonym of blob (“catch eels using worms strung on thread”).
8A bobbing motion
9A quick up and down movement.
10A curtsy.
11A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
12Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
13A bob haircut.
14Any round object attached loosely to a flexible line, a rod, a body part etc., so that it may swing when hanging from it.
15The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line.
16The docked tail of a horse.
17The short runner of a sled.
18A bobsleigh.
19A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
20A working beam in a steam engine.
21A particular style of ringing changes on bells.
22A blow
23A shake or jog
24A rap, as with the fist.
25A short line ending a stanza of a poem.
26To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
27To shorten by cutting
28To dock
29To crop.
30To bobsleigh.
31A 10-cent coin.
32An unspecified amount of money.
33A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
34A knot or short curl of hair
35Also, a bob wig.
36The refrain of a song.
37A jeer
38A sharp jest or taunt.
39(Kenya, slang
40UK and Australia, historical, dated) A shilling.
41Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).
42Back-of-the-book
43Denoting 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
44The division between these two groups varies with the publisher.
45A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
46A generic male person.
47The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
48Clipping of shishkabob.
49Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”). [A disease of the bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) caused by a Tubakia fungus.]

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