| bob | (noun) a short abrupt inclination (as of the head) | - |
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| (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals | Synonyms: bobtail, dock |
| (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bobber, bobfloat, cork |
| (noun) a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string | - |
| (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bobsled, bobsleigh |
| (noun) a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around | - |
| (noun) a former monetary unit in Great Britain | Synonyms: British shilling, shilling |
| (verb) cut hair in the style of a bob | - |
| (verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect | Synonyms: curtsy |
| (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal | Synonyms: dock, tail |
| (verb) move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement | - |
| (verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bobsled |
| bobber | (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobfloat, cork |
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| bobbin | (noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: reel, spool |
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| bobble | (noun) the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball | - |
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| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| bobby | (noun) an informal term for a British policeman | - |
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| bobbysock | (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklet, anklets, bobbysocks |
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| bobbysocks | (noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklet, anklets, bobbysock |
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| bobbysoxer | (noun) an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s) | Synonyms: bobby-socker |
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| bobcat | (noun) small lynx of North America | Synonyms: bay lynx, Lynx rufus |
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| bobfloat | (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, cork |
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| bobolink | (noun) migratory American songbird | Synonyms: Dolichonyx oryzivorus, reedbird, ricebird |
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| bobsled | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsleigh |
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| (noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsleigh |
| (verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bob |
| bobsledding | (noun) riding on a bobsled | - |
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| bobsleigh | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsled |
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| (noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsled |
| bobtail | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtailed |
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| (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals | Synonyms: bob, dock |
| (noun) large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain | Synonyms: Old English sheepdog |
| bobtailed | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtail |
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| bobwhite | (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite quail, partridge |
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