English

Pronunciation

• bŏb, /bɒb/, /bQb/

  Rhymes: -ɒb

Proper noun

Bob (plural Bobs)

1. A short form of the male given name Robert.
2. In various fields such as cryptography and physics, a conventional name for the person or system that receives a message from another person or system conventionally known as Alice.

Derived terms

• Bob's your uncle

Translations

short form of Robert

in cryptography, etc

Intransitive verb

to bob (bobs , bobbed , bobbing )

1. To move gently and vertically, in either a single or repeated motion, at or near the surface of a body of water.

   The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.

   I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.

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

2. To move as though bobbing in water.

   bob one's head (= to nod)

Translations

move vertically at surface of water

move as though bobbing in water

Derived terms

• bobber
• bob for apples
• bob up

Noun

bob (plural bobs except as below)

1. A bobbing motion.
2. A bob haircut.
3. (plural bob) (dated British slang) A shilling (in the UK)

   Beer's gone up to two bob a pint.

Translations

bobbing motion

bob haircut See bob haircut

shilling See shilling

Derived terms

• bob-a-job

Transitive verb

to bob (bobs , bobbed , bobbing )

1. To cut into a bob haircut.

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

Translations

cut into a bob haircut

See also

• Alice
• BOB
• Wikipedia article on Alice and Bob