"bob" Definition

Definitions for the word "bob" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
(-bb-) 1 move quickly up and down. 2 (usu. Foll. By back, up) bounce or emerge buoyantly or suddenly. 3 cut (the hair) in a bob. 4 curtsy. n. 1 jerking or bouncing movement, esp. Upward. 2 hairstyle with the hair hanging evenly above the shoulders. 3 weight on a pendulum etc. 4 horse''s docked tail. 5 curtsy. [imitative]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. n.
(pl. Same) hist. Slang shilling (now = 5 pence). [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. n.
bob''s your uncle slang expression of completion or success. [pet form of robert]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. slang
a shilling. Formerly BOBSTICK, which may have been the original. BOB-A-NOB, a shilling a-head.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
“s’help me BOB,” a street oath, equivalent to “so help me God.” Other words are used in street language for a similarly evasive purpose, _i.e._, CAT, GREENS, TATUR, &c., all equally ridiculous. Ignorant people have a singular habit of saying “so help _my_,” instead of “_me_,” whatever the following words may be. This shows how little they think of the meanings of the phrases most in use among them. The words “so help” are almost invariably pronounced “swelp.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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