·noun A working beam.
II. Bob ·noun The refrain of a song.
IV. Bob ·vi To angle with a bob. ·see Bob, ·noun, 2 & 3.
V. Bob ·noun A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
VI. Bob ·noun A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
VII. Bob ·noun A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
VIII. Bob ·noun A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
IX. Bob ·noun To mock or delude; to
Cheat.
X. Bob ·noun To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
XI. Bob ·noun A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
XII. Bob ·noun To strike with a quick, light blow; to
Tap.
XIII. Bob ·noun To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
XIV. Bob ·noun A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, ·etc.
XV. Bob ·noun The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
XVI. Bob ·noun To
Cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to
Filch.
XVII. Bob ·noun A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
XVIII. Bob ·vi To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.
XIX. Bob ·noun A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
XX. Bob ·noun Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.