Bob

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
B
Pronunciation
/bɑb/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Names and Nicknames

Examples in Context

  1. Huge balloons bobbed about in the sky above
  2. She handed over a form, then bobbed down again behind a typewriter.
  3. A hostess stood at the top of the steps and bobbed her head at each passenger.
  4. I've only got ten bob on me.
  5. The microscope contains a few hundred dollars-worth of electronic bits and bobs.

Other meanings of B