bobbed (verb)

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

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

• bob 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• bob 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• bob — verb the bottle bobbed in the water Syn: move up and down, bounce, toss, skip, dance, jounce; wobble, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jerk; nod, incline, dip; wag, waggle …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bob — I. /bɒb / (say bob) noun 1. a short jerky motion: a bob of the head. 2. a quick curtsey. 3. Mining the beam of a pumping engine. –verb (bobbed, bobbing) –verb (t) 4. to move quickly down and up: to bob the head. 5. to indicate with such a motion …  

• bob — I. verb (bobbed; bobbing) Etymology: Middle English boben Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to strike with a quick light blow ; rap 2. to move up and down in a short quick movement < bob the head > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bob — [[t]bɒ̱b[/t]] bobs, bobbing, bobbed (The plural form for meaning 4 is bob.) 1) VERB If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water. [V prep/adv] Huge balloons bobbed about in the sky above... [V… …   English dictionary

• bob — 1 verb 1 MOVE IN WATER (I) to move up and down when floating on the surface of water: bob up and down: The boat was bobbing up and down on the waves. 2 MOVE SOMEWHERE (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move quickly in a particular direction (+… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bob — I UK [bɒb] / US [bɑb] verb [intransitive] Word forms bob : present tense I/you/we/they bob he/she/it bobs present participle bobbing past tense bobbed past participle bobbed 1) to move up and down with short regular movements, especially on water …   English dictionary

• bob up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms bob up : present tense I/you/we/they bob up he/she/it bobs up present participle bobbing up past tense bobbed up past participle bobbed up to move up and come into view with a short quick movement A head… …   English dictionary