Crossword clues for bobbed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. ``He bobbed his head.''
--W. Irving.-
To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
--Elyot. -
To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him.
--Shak. -
To mock or delude; to cheat.
To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began.
--Turbervile. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastbob)
WordNet
n. a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: British shilling, shilling]
a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around
a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism [syn: bobsled, bobsleigh]
a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string
a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line [syn: bobber, cork, bobfloat]
a short or shortened tail of certain animals [syn: bobtail, dock]
a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
v. move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back"
ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" [syn: bobsled]
make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand" [syn: curtsy]
cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!"
See bob
Usage examples of "bobbed".
Something fluttered, flittered, dipped, and bobbed in the clear desert sky like an addled bat driven into sunshine.
It bobbed about at alarming angles for a few seconds before gradually righting itself.
Its head bobbed frantically from side to side, but despite its terror, it could only emit a bathetic cooing.
He half bobbed his head, as if a bonder to a master, and Likkam, mollified, turned back to the session.
Tall caracks and slim caravels bobbed at their moorings along the stone quays and wooden piers or lay at anchor in the harbor.
Its small black eyes glared at them and it bobbed its head like a giant chuckwalla, piping and hissing steadily.
Work on the Engineer was done most efficiently when that alien was lying horizontally on one of the cots, but with both Giles and the Captain pushing and tugging at him, to wind or secure a cord about one of his limbs, his body bobbed or floated away into the air.
Beside her, the decapod bobbed in the surf, sunlight spangling the bulbous head.
The Downer touched his hand in turn, a calloused brush of flesh, bobbed several times in the residue of excitement.
The Vicar pulled me down, Father Wiehnke cuffed me, Mama wept at me, Father Wiehnke whispered at me, the Vicar genuflected and bobbed up and took the drumsticks away from Jesus, genuflected again with the drumsticks and bobbed up again for the drum, took the drum away from Little Lord Jesus, cracked his halo, jostled his watering can, broke off a bit of cloud, tumbled down the steps, and genuflected once more.
Wang Foo gave instructions in Chinese, and the other man bobbed his head.
On the stove, the simmering pots released yet other aromas, and in the boiling water, tender gnocchi bobbed and swirled.
An occasional wealthy passenger swayed and bobbed in a kago, a basketlike chair borne on the shoulders of brawny louts whose kimonos hung open to display magnificently tattooed chests and legs.
Unexpectedly the fabric gave a little and Lome bobbed forward, bringing the flame in contact with the material sheathing Ben.
She patted Sister Lucida on her shoulder, and the crippled nun bobbed her head happily and said a few slurred wjords which Rosvita could not understand.