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# bob

proper noun (Bob); verb (bob, bobs, bobbed, bobbing); noun (a bob)

«bob» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bob is a boy's or a man's name, short for Robert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#m1)
2. To bob is to move up and down quickly, like a cork on water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#m2)
3. A bob is a short haircut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#m3)
4. «Bob» was an old British word for a shilling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#m4)

### In the lessons

a name of a person in the story; a word of the story only; it tells whose amount it is; phrases «bob up and down», «bobbing for apples», «Bob's your uncle» (UK, «and that's it»)

### Examples

- Bob has 7 marbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x1)
- Bob gives 3 to Ann. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x2)
- Bob is 4 years older than Sue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x3)
- How many pages did Bob read in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x4)
- Bob is my best friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x5)
- The boat bobbed on the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x6)
- We played bobbing for apples at Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x7)
- She got her hair cut in a bob. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x8)
- The duck bobbed its head under the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x9)
- Ask Bob to join our team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x10)
- She stooped down to drink, when a horrible head bobbed up on the surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/#x11)

### Note

No clue about the operation; it tells whose amount it is. Trap: as a verb «bob» means to move up and down on water. As a name it starts with a capital letter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bob» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bob/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bob» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bob.html) on Mova free.