Bob | Mean of bob in English Dictionary

/ˈbɑːb/

• Verb
• to move up and down quickly or repeatedly
1. A cork was bobbing in the water.
2. The bird's head bobbed up and down as it searched for food.
3. The bird bobbed its head up and down as it searched for food.
• to play a children's game in which you try to grab floating or hanging apples with your teeth
• to appear suddenly or unexpectedly
1. The question bobbed up [=(more commonly) popped up] again.
• Noun

• a quick up-and-down motion
1. He greeted us with a bob of his head.
• a woman's or child's haircut in which the hair is all one length and usually at about the level of the person's chin
1. She had her hair cut in a bob.
• Verb
• to cut (something, such as an animal's tail) shorter
1. They bobbed [=cropped] the horse's tail for the show.
• to cut (a person's hair) so that it is all one length and usually at about the level of the person's chin
1. I hadn't seen her since she bobbed her hair.