bob
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- noun
- /bɑb/
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bob
- To style her new bob, Fiona used a straightener to achieve a sleek look.
- a short bob
- a chin-length bob
- a bob cut
Oh, you should get a photograph of her with her dark, dark Bob and her bright red lipstick.
- Oh, you should get a photograph of her with her dark, dark Bob and her bright red lipstick.
- The second time we went full Bob, like proper chin length and grow out the bangs.
- She's got scruffy hair, like a Bob haircut, and she's got this shirt that up, it's way too big for her.
- I think I'm going to do it short Bob, because I'm going to scare you guys at the beginning of this intro.
- The eyes are a little odd, but the eyes in that photo and the pink Bob is a little bit odd.
- It felt like her hair should be a fuck ass Bob.
Examples
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My mother wore her own hair in a shoulder-length bob.
Fiction book (1995) -
My mother's hair, a uniform brown bob, was less startling, with less potential, but neither had she ruined it.
Fiction book (1990) -
On the outside, she has a short brown bob and walks with a little bend.
Blog text (7) -
That woman with the bob's always reading.
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Cinnamon skin, round face, freckles, light brown hair in a bob.
Fiction book (2001) -
The person on Juliet's right was a young woman with a glossy, peroxide-streaked bob and a French manicure.
Fiction book (2002) -
A small brown-haired woman with a blunt-cut bob that accentuated her large nose sat behind one of the desks, talking on the phone.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her hair, so long that lovable, homely mop, had transformed itself into a smart auburn bob.
Fiction book (1996) -
Of course, the tall, white woman with the platinum bob, carmine lipstick, and off-the-shoulder red sundress was Julia's nutty relative.
Fiction book (2002) -
Marina had grown out her hair into a bob again, and it looked stunning in the sunlight.
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Etymology
Bob (haircut) comes from the verb bob, meaning 'to cut short', so a bob is hair cut straight around the head at jaw level. That is why to have a bob is to wear short, cut hair.