1. A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob. 2. A fishing float or cork. 3. A small lock or curl of hair. 4. A woman's or child's short haircut. 5.Informal Surgical shortening or reshaping of the nose. 6. The docked tail of a horse. 7a. A bobsled. b. A bob skate.
VERB:
Inflected forms: bobbed, bob·bing, bobs
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To fish with a bob.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
To cut short or reshape: bobbed her hair; had his nose bobbed.