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- [bob uhp]
- /bɒb ʌp/
- /bɒb ʌp/
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- [bob uhp]
- /bɒb ʌp/
Definitions of bob up words
- noun bob up to come up unexpectedly; appear suddenly 3
- noun bob up a short, jerky motion: a bob of the head. 1
- verb with object bob up to move quickly down and up: to bob the head. 1
- verb with object bob up to indicate with such a motion: to bob a greeting. 1
- verb without object bob up to make a jerky motion with the head or body. 1
- verb without object bob up to move about with jerky, usually rising and falling motions: The ball bobbed upon the waves. 1
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Origin of bob up
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, bob is from the late Middle English word bobben. See bob2
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Parts of speech for Bob up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bob up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bob up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bob up
verb bob up
- materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- come out — When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
Antonyms for bob up
verb bob up
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.