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

to bob

8.2
To cut off or shorten an animal's tail
  • verb
  • /bɑb/
  • Specialized
: cortar la cola
  • His limp becomes more pronounced; he is tiring, I guess, and he has to bob and weave his way through a single step.

Examples

  • The veterinarian explained that they would bob the puppy's tail to prevent any injuries.

  • We would not require a sou for passage, nor would we be forced to bob about in the oceans with a horde of vomiting missionaries.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Many breeders choose to bob their dogs' tails to meet breed standards.

  • To reduce the risk of accidents, some owners decide to bob the tails of their hunting dogs.

Synonyms

to tail
vsto bob
1 8.0

To remove the stem from fruit or berries

is specific to shortening an animal rear appendage as a breed practice
to dock
vsto bob
  • Specialized
1 8.5

To cut off part of an animal's tail for health or practical reasons

is performed as a breed practice rather than for medical or cosmetic reasons

Antonyms

to grow
∞ 1.0

Become larger or more physically mature

Idioms

no siree Bob
  • Informal
1 9.9

A strong informal phrase for refusing something

Phrasal Verbs

to bob around
  • US
3 3.9

Move up and down gently while floating in water or air

to bob about
  • UK
1 6.1

Move up and down lightly on water, like small boats

to bob up
1 4.9

Appear suddenly and without warning

to bob under
7.0

To go briefly below the water surface

Compounds

plumb bob
1 7.0

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

gay bob
9.9

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

How Short

to dock
  • Specialized
1 8.5
to bob
  • Specialized
8.2
to trim
145 2.6

Surface Forms

bob infinitive
bobbed past
bobbed past participle
bobbing present participle
bobs third person singular

Etymology

Bob (verb, cut tail) meaning to shorten an animal's tail comes from the verb bob, 'to cut short'. Thus to bob a tail is to make the tail short by cutting it.