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bobbing
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Bobbing
(gcide) | Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a
thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." --W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . .
he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
--Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
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Bobbing
(gcide) | Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]
1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a
thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." --W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . .
he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants.
--Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
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