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• US: bäb
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• US: bôb
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• US: /bɑb/
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• US: /bɔb/
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Acronym of back of the book.

Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.

From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").

From Middle English bobbe (“a cluster (of fruit); a twig with its leaves, a spray”), perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Irish baban "tassel, cluster," Gaelic babag).

Blend of blitter object.

Acronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Amharic: ቦብ (bob) — diminutive of Robert
• Arabic: بُوب (bōb) — diminutive of Robert
• Armenian: Բոբ — diminutive of Robert
• Azerbaijani: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Bengali: বব (bobo) — diminutive of Robert
• Bulgarian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Catalan: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Cherokee: ᏆᏆ (quaqua) — diminutive of Robert
• Chinese Cantonese: 巴布 (baa1 bou3) — diminutive of Robert
• Chinese Mandarin: 鮑勃 /鲍勃 (Bàobó) — diminutive of Robert
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴布 (Bābù) — diminutive of Robert
• Czech: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Danish: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Dutch: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Esperanto: Robĉjo — diminutive of Robert
• French: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Georgian: ბობ (bob) — diminutive of Robert
• German: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Greek: Μπομπ (Bomp) — diminutive of Robert
• Hebrew: בוֹב (bob) — diminutive of Robert
• Hindi: बॉब (bŏb) — diminutive of Robert
• Hungarian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Irish: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Italian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Japanese: ボブ (bobu) — diminutive of Robert
• Korean: 밥 (Bap) — diminutive of Robert
• Central Kurdish: بۆب (bob) — diminutive of Robert
• Latvian: Bobs — diminutive of Robert
• Lithuanian: Bobas — diminutive of Robert
• Macedonian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Malayalam: ബോബ് (bōbŭ) — diminutive of Robert
• Mongolian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Norwegian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Persian: باب (bâb) — diminutive of Robert
• Portuguese: Beto — diminutive of Robert
• Portuguese: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Romanian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Russian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Serbo-Croatian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Serbo-Croatian: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Sinhalese: බොබ් (bob) — diminutive of Robert
• Slovak: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Spanish: Beto — diminutive of Robert
• Spanish: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Swedish: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Tagalog: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Thai: บ็อบ (bɔ̀p) — diminutive of Robert
• Turkish: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Ukrainian: Боб — diminutive of Robert
• Uzbek: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Vietnamese: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Welsh: Bob — diminutive of Robert
• Finnish: Bob — person or system receiving a message
• Portuguese: Bob — person or system receiving a message
• Bulgarian: подскачане (podskačane) — bobbing motion
• Italian: sballottio — bobbing motion
• Russian: подска́кивание (podskákivanije) — bobbing motion
• Russian: подпры́гивание (podprýgivanije) — bobbing motion
• Bulgarian: топка — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Bulgarian: тежест — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Bulgarian: опашка — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Bulgarian: висулка — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Bulgarian: поплавък — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• French: poids — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• French: plomb — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Russian: отве́с (otvés) — the dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line
• Bulgarian: подрязана опашка (podrjazana opaška) — the docked tail of a horse
• Russian: купи́рованный хвост (kupírovannyj xvost) — the docked tail of a horse
• Bulgarian: припев (pripev) — a short line ending a stanza
• Russian: припе́в (pripév) — a short line ending a stanza
• Russian: рефре́н (refrén) — a short line ending a stanza
• Russian: по́лоз (póloz) — the short runner of a sled
• Bulgarian: подскачам (podskačam) — move vertically at surface of water
• Bulgarian: клатя се (klatja se) — move vertically at surface of water
• Czech: pohupovat se — move vertically at surface of water
• Czech: houpat se — move vertically at surface of water
• Czech: poskakovat — move vertically at surface of water
• Dutch: deinen — move vertically at surface of water
• Dutch: dobberen — move vertically at surface of water
• Esperanto: balanciĝi — move vertically at surface of water
• French: ballotter — move vertically at surface of water
• Italian: ondeggiare — move vertically at surface of water
• Italian: dondolare — move vertically at surface of water
• Italian: traballare — move vertically at surface of water
• Italian: spuntare fuori — move vertically at surface of water
• Māori: mārangaranga — move vertically at surface of water
• Russian: кача́ться (kačátʹsja) — move vertically at surface of water
• Russian: выны́ривать (vynýrivatʹ) — move vertically at surface of water
• Russian: вы́нырнуть (výnyrnutʹ) — move vertically at surface of water
• Swedish: guppa — move vertically at surface of water
• Italian: sballottare — move (something) as though it were bobbing in water
• Russian: подпры́гивать (podprýgivatʹ) — move (something) as though it were bobbing in water
• Russian: подпры́гнуть (podprýgnutʹ) — move (something) as though it were bobbing in water
• Russian: подска́кивать (podskákivatʹ) — move (something) as though it were bobbing in water
• Russian: подскочи́ть (podskočítʹ) — move (something) as though it were bobbing in water
• Bulgarian: подстригвам късо (podstrigvam kǎso) — cut into a bob haircut
• Chinese Mandarin: 剪波波头 (jiǎn bōbōtóu) — cut into a bob haircut