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1 VERB If something bobs , it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water. □ [V prep/adv] Huge balloons bobbed about in the sky above.

2 VERB If you bob somewhere, you move there quickly so that you disappear from view or come into view. □ [V adv/prep] She handed over a form, then bobbed down again behind a typewriter.

3 VERB When you bob your head, you move it quickly up and down once, for example when you greet someone. □ [V n] A hostess stood at the top of the steps and bobbed her head at each passenger. ● N‑COUNT Bob is also a noun. □  The young man smiled with a bob of his head.

4 N‑COUNT A bob is a fairly short hair style for women in which the hair is the same length all the way round, except for the front.

5 PHRASE Bits and bobs are small objects or parts of something. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  The microscope contains a few hundred dollars-worth of electronic bits and bobs.

bobbed /bɒ bd/ ADJ If a woman's hair is bobbed , it is cut in a bob.

bob|bin /bɒ b I n/ (bobbins ) N‑COUNT A bobbin is a small round object on which thread or wool is wound to hold it, for example on a sewing machine.

bob|ble /bɒ b ^ə l/ (bobbles ) N‑COUNT A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes. [BRIT ] □  …the bobble on his nightcap. in AM, usually use tassel

bo b|ble hat (bobble hats ) N‑COUNT A bobble hat is a woollen hat with a bobble on it. [BRIT ]

bob|by /bɒ bi/ (bobbies ) N‑COUNT A bobby is a British police officer, usually of the lowest rank. [BRIT , INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ] □  These days, the bobby on the beat is a rare sight.

bo b|by pin (bobby pins ) N‑COUNT A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position. [AM ] in BRIT, use hairgrip

bob|cat /bɒ bkæt/ (bobcats ) N‑COUNT A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America. □  Bobcats roam wild in the mountains.

bob|sled /bɒ bsled/ (bobsleds ) N‑COUNT A bobsled is the same as a bobsleigh . [mainly AM ]

bob|sleigh /bɒ bsle I / (bobsleighs ) N‑COUNT A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice. [BRIT ] in AM, use bobsled

bod /bɒ d/ (bods ) N‑COUNT A bod is a person. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  He was definitely a bit of an odd bod.

bode /boʊ d/ (bodes , boding , boded ) VERB If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen. [FORMAL ] □ [V adv + for ] She says the way the bill was passed bodes ill for democracy. □ [V adv] Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.

bodge /bɒ dʒ/ (bodges , bodging , bodged ) VERB If you bodge something, you make it or mend it in a way that is not as good as it should be. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n] I thought he had bodged the repair.

bod|ice /bɒ d I s/ (bodices ) N‑COUNT The bodice of a dress is the part above the waist. □  …a dress with a fitted bodice and circle skirt.

bo d|ice rip|per (bodice rippers ) N‑COUNT You can refer to a film or novel which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes as a bodice ripper , especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people. [DISAPPROVAL ]

bo dice-ripping ADJ [ADJ n] A bodice-ripping film or novel is one which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes. You use this word especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …bodice-ripping yarns on TV.

bodi|ly /bɒ d I li/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body. □  There's more to eating than just bodily needs.

2 → see also grievous bodily harm