I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a duck bobs (= moves up and down on the water )
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They watched the ducks bobbing up and down on the waves.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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They strung a net between two palm trees and bobbed about in an energetic game of four-a-side volleyball.
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We could see ruddy ducks bobbing about up close and kayakers.
up
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The rest bobbed up and down at chin height, or remained by the bathing-machine steps.
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Just at that moment a small fat man bobbed up among the line of hostile faces.
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You don't have to bob up and down like that.
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Aileen was so nervous that her whole body was bobbing up and down as she chewed gum.
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She nudged him as the sleek dark head of a seal bobbed up scant yards from where they were.
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Jerry calls Bob up every night at around nine, and they talk for an hour.
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In the mob I could see Sally's tawny head bobbing up and down.
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An onion, bobbing up from the ocean?
■ NOUN
boat
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The boats in the marina bobbed , well lit, white light dappling the dark waters.
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More than a dozen boats bobbed against the docks, their hulls restless in the approaching dusk.
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It's like a little boat , bobbing there, up and down.
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The crowds waved and cheered him on, the boats bobbing up and down in the estuary.
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A fair swell was running, and the boat bobbed up and down like a cork on the surface.
head
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She was surprised to see Elaine's head bobbing above the surface of the water when she reached the beach.
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Fuckingsonofachickenshit, he thought, his eyes and mouth heavy with insult, his head bobbing slightly.
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She nudged him as the sleek dark head of a seal bobbed up scant yards from where they were.
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His head bobbed like some leftover party balloon Lois had tied to the door handle.
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In the mob I could see Sally's tawny head bobbing up and down.
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Which is easier to say with head bobbing affirmatively, 2a or 2b?
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My head bobbed out into the cold dry air.
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His head bobbed on top of his big body and his face always reminded me of Yogi Bear.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Bob's your uncle!
bob/dunk/dip for apples
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Children from Much Marcle Primary School will be demonstrating how to bob for apples .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amelia was very hesitant about bobbing her hair.
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He bobbed like happy flotsam on the warm sea of life.
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Here seals may be seen bobbing in the calm waters.
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I noticed that the plastic Seayak bobbed up, over and down rather than cutting through the swell.
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She wondered whether they were anchored; they seemed fixed; they did not bob .
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The floor was bobbing up and down as on a ship.
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We could see ruddy ducks bobbing about up close and kayakers.
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When the indicator bobs and dips, you set the hook.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
short
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She can't be short of a bob or two.
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Her thick dark hair was cut in a short bob with fringe.
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She's white, in her twenties, with dark hair cut in a short bob .
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Now, of course, he's not exactly short of a bob or two.
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I felt out of proportion with a short bob and, although striking, it was too neat and tidy for me.
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It was a short bob , the same colour as my own hair.
■ VERB
make
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Great that we're making a few bob at last.
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It ain't easy making an honest bob these days.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a little girl with a short bob
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In fact he'd let me have a few bob to see me clear.
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She did the bob they were taught at school, the deep version.
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Some one up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam.
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The classic, one-length bob 1.
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The sleek bob fell straight to her shoulders and then curled under.