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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument bobbed her waist-length hair herself on her 18th birthday

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noun

Scottish
as in bouquet
a bunch of flowers the lassie carried only a little bob on her wedding day

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But when Megan saw her mother bobbing in the water, the little boy was not with her. Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024 That meant working in ocean swells of 3 to 15 feet on a platform that bobbed up and down. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024 The sun hung directly above azure waters of the northern Galapagos Marine Reserve, casting a glare as a small boat bobbed gently amidst the swells, its bow cutting through the calm surface with practiced ease. Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 There is a mysterious rung on the career ladder wherein young professionals are faced with an existential dilemma: to bob or not to bob. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bob 

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“Bob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bob. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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