🔴 To move up-down 🙇 A quick nod 💇 A short hairstyle 💷 A shilling ⚖️ A swinging weight ✂️ To shorten tail 🎣 A float 🛷 A sled 🐕 A short tail 💇 To cut short 🤵 To curtsy

to bob

1 5.2

To cut hair short so it ends near the jaw

verb
/bɑb/

: cortarse el pelo en un bob

He sees people dipping frantically; it could be apple-bobbing in Indiana, only slightly violent.
bob her hair

Examples

"I'm an old maid," she said, bobbing her head and smiling.

Fiction book (1999)
She decided to bob her hair to achieve the trendy look of the season.
After considering several styles, she finally chose to bob her hair just above her shoulders.
In the 1920s, many women began to bob their hair as a symbol of their independence.

Idioms

no siree Bob

Informal

1 9.9

A strong informal phrase for refusing something

Phrasal Verbs

to bob up

1 4.9

Appear suddenly and without warning

to bob around

1 3.9

Move up and down gently while floating in water or air

to bob about

1 6.1

Move up and down lightly on water, like small boats

to bob under

7.0

To go briefly below the water surface

Compounds

gay bob

9.9

A short, rounded fashionable haircut with a neat, even shape often seen in LGBTQ+ culture

plumb bob

7.0

A heavy pointed weight on a string used to show a vertical line

How Short

to shave

467 1.0

to crop

4 2.5

to bob

1 5.2

to trim

95 2.6

Surface Forms

bob infinitive

bobbed past

bobbed past participle

bobbing present participle

bobs third person singular

Etymology

Bob (verb, cut hair) meaning to cut hair short comes from the same verb bob, 'to cut short'. So to bob your hair is to cut it into a short bob style.