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Word entry · 3 letters

bob

Best crossword clue

"Float up and down"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /bɒb/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bboStarts with BEnds with B5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cut hair in the style of a bob

Word origin

From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").

Used in a sentence

  • The cork bobbed gently in the calm water.
  • The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.
  • The flowers were bobbing in the wind.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Float up and down3 letters
02Short up-down motion3 letters
03Up-and-down motion3 letters
04Fishing float3 letters
05Short haircut3 letters

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