BOB

Definitions

1. 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. "He bobbed his head." W. Irving.
2. 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.
3. 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. Shak.
4. 4. To mock or delude; to cheat. To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. Turbervile.
5. 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.