6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
7. (Steam Engine)
Defn: A working beam.
8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig. A plain brown bob he wore. Shenstone.
9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
10. The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.
11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.
13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
BOB Bob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] Etym: [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]