Bob

Definition: Bob

Bob

Noun

1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.

2. A hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around.

3. A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism.

4. A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string.

5. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.

6. A short or shortened tail of certain animals.

7. A short abrupt inclination (as of the head); "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement".

Verb

1. Move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back".

2. Ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure".

3. Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.

4. Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; "She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand".

5. Cut hair in the style of a bob; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Bob" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bright fame".

Date "bob" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Note: Bob \Bob\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Bobbed; Bobbing.]. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Bob

Agitation

Verb: be agitated; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort; squirm.

Courtesy

Uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee.

Cowardice

Coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; dunghill cock; coistril, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget, one that cannot say " bo" to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak.

Cunning

Dodge, sidestep, bob and weave.

Depression

Sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline; (be horizontal).

Evolution

Verb: oscillate; vibrate, librate; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble, wabble; dangle, swag.

Fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down; AdVerb: pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate; teeter.

Experiment

Grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, t_tonner, aller _ t_tons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes.

Leap

Verb: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk; (amusement); jump about; (agitation); trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Vehicle

Bob, bobsled, bobsleigh; cutter; double ripper, double runner; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan.

Crosswords: Bob

Czech (bean, bobsled), French (Bob, sunhat), German (Bob), Hungarian (bobsled), Indonesian (bouffant), Italian (Bob, bobsleigh), Portuguese (boliviano), Romanian (bean, bob sleigh, bobsled, bobsleigh, corn, grain, kernel, Pearl, seed, speck), Serbo-Croatian (bobsled, broad bean, horsebean), Spanish (Bob).

Would Bob Dylan be outta line (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

I suppose you know, Bob, if I ever see you again I'm just going to start shooting and figure it was self-defense (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)

My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Bob! Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga (Big Man on Campus; writing credit: Allan Katz)

Well, a refreshing bit of candor from Senator Bob Dole (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I want to be Bob Dylan (Mr. Jones; performing artist: Counting Crows)

Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

By Bob Marley (I SHOT THE SHERIFF; performing artist: Eric Clapton)

I'mma bob and weave (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT)

I might, hop off the Harley, spoke mine like Bob Marley (Awnaw; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. (references; author: unknown)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973)

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

Bob & Daryl & Ted & Alex (1972)

The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1971)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

Song For Bob Dylan (performing artist: Wally Pleasant)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Bob Evans Farms, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• A Snowman Named Just Bob (reference)

• On the Road With Bob Dylan (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bob Brinkers Marketimer (reference)

• Bob Nelsons Rewarding Employees (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bob Mann's Automatic Golf Dvd 1 (reference)

• Classic Albums - Bob Marley and the Wailers: Catch a Fire (reference)

• Bob and Margaret, Vol. 4: The Burglary (reference)

• Bob the Builder - Can We Fix It? (reference)

• Bob the Builder 3 Pack - (Can We Fix It?/The Big Game/To the Rescue!) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5) (With Limited Edition Bonus DVD) [LIMITED EDITION] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Bob the Builder: Bob Builds a Park (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Johnson Level & Tool 108 8-Ounce Contractor Brass Plumb Bob (reference)

• Tajima PZB-400 Plumb-Rite Plumb Bob Setter (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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"2D Cross Section of a 5-Brane" (movie) by Bob Rutkiewicz. From Physics String Theory/M-Theory, a 5-brane equation that has the same number of holes as the full 10-brane. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B.

Bush plane operations Bob Pryce on the right with Dean and Shutty. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Helicopter bringing Bob Pryce to observation point. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The engineers who built the Marble Point landing strip - the first ground strip in Antartica. Back row - Bill McTigue, Navy Hydro Office; Commander Stephens, USN; __; Dr. Bob Nichols, Tufts University; front row - ___; Father Linehan, Wesson Observatory; ___. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Commander Bob Maxson and Gordon Kitson discussing plans for Gulfstream IV flight operations. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Area on Washburn Island where sand was deposited adding 2-3 feet to beach after passage of Hurricane Bob on August 19. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Bob Davies-Jones, Jerry Straka, and Rasmussen on Project Vortex. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Project Vortex. Jerry Straka & Bob Davies-Jones. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Deep Tow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Chief Scientists Dick Hey and Bob Tyce. Cruise to the propagating rift on the Galapagos Ridge. On R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lead Electronics Technician Bob Blackburn, Assistant Survey Tech Maureen Goff, and Assistant Survey Tech Scot Warrender at work setting up a GPS station atop Sawyer Island. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming late

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "bob": a bob a nob ♦ Alice and Bob ♦ bob a greeting ♦ bob about ♦ Bob Acres ♦ bob and weave ♦ bob around ♦ bob down ♦ Bob Dylan ♦ bob for ♦ bob for apples ♦ Bob Hope ♦ bob in ♦ Bob Marley ♦ Bob Mathias ♦ bob sleigh ♦ bob under ♦ bob up ♦ bob up and down ♦ bob up like a cork ♦ Bob White ♦ Bob wig ♦ pendulum bob ♦ Plumb bob ♦ ski bob ♦ To bob at an apple. Additional references.

Beginning with "bob": Bob-a-job, bob-bob-bobbing, bob-cat, Bob-cherry, bob-fly, bob-length, bob-ness, bob-shaped, bob-sled, bob-sleigh, bob-tail, bob-tall, bob-white, bob-wig, bob-wigs.

Ending with "bob": ten-bob.

Albanian

Bobslei (bobsled), Shilingë (Schilling), Reverancë, Qethje Shkurt, Pluskim (floatation, flotation), Përkulje (bend, bow, crouch, curtsey, curtsy, curvature, droop, flection, flex, flexion, flexure, incurvation, incurvature, inflection, reverence, sag, stoop, warp), Hedhje (buck, cast, chuck, dart, dash, disposal, drop, fling, flirt, hop, hurl, jerk, launch, leap, lunge, lurch, pitch, pounce, precipitation, projection, put, skip, throw, throwing, toss). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هز (agitate, concuss, convulse, jolt, rattle, ring, rock, shake, shock, stir, swing, twitter, vibrate, wag, waggle), ‏قصة قصيرة (short story), ‏قرع برفق, ‏حزمة (beam, bunch, bundle, pack, parcel, pencil, sheaf, tuft, wisp), ‏تمايل (flexibility, lopsided, lurch, nod, reel, roll, stagger, sway, swing, teeter, titubation, waver, weave, wobble), ‏عنقود (bunch, cluster, fascicle, panicle, raceme, truss, tuft), ‏عقصة (braid, curl, pigtail, queue), ‏عبر بهزة رأس, ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏شلن (shilling). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Къса Женска Прическа, Рязко Движение, Шилинг, Лек Удар, Лот (Plumb), Топка, Фльонга, Клатя Се, Камбанен Звън, Кукучка За червей, Реверанс, Къс Припев, Отскачам, Пискюл, Плаз, Плувка, Подкастрям, Подрязвам, Подскачам, Подскачане (Dido, Frisk), Потупване (Pat), Правя Реверанс, Опашка На Хвърчило, Къс Кичур Коса. (various references)

Chinese 

鲍伯. (various references)

Czech

Zkrátit (abbreviate, abridge, condense, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut short, dock, reduce, shorten), Uklonit Se (bow, make a curtsy), Pukrle (curtsey, curtsy), Poskakovat (bounce, cavort, flounce, gambol, hop, hop about, scamper about, skip), Pohupovat Se, Nakrátko Ostříhat, Šilink. (various references)

Danish

kunstig flue (bob-fly). (various references)

Dutch

looddraad (plumb bob string), droge vlieg (bob-fly). (various references)

Farsi 

یک شیلینگ , فریب دادن (Cheat, Deceive, Delude, Dissimulate, Doin, Fool, Hoodwink, Hum, Humbug, Jape, Mislead), منگوله (Tassel, Tuft), وزنه قپان , حقه (Hob, Intake, Knack, Monkeyshine, Shift, Trick), حرکت تندوسریع (Jerk, Scud, Scurry), سرودیاتصنیف , سرزنش یاطعنه , ضربت زدن (Hammer, Inflict, Jow, Sock, Strike), ضربت (Bat, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), ازراه فریب وخدعه چیزی رابدست اوردن , شوخی (Curvet, Fun, Game, Gig, Humor, Jape, Jest, Jink, Jocosity, Joke, Lark, Pleasantry, Prank, Quiz, Sport, Spree, Witticism), شاقول (Guideline, Plummet). (various references)

Finnish

tärpinilmaisin (bob-fly), luotinaru (plumb bob string), luotilanka (plumb-line). (various references)

French

Boucle, Bobsleigh (bobsleigh), Bob (boliviano, boliviano-ISO code), Shilling, Salut De Tête, Mèche Courte, Donner Des Petit Coup, Danser Sur L'eau. (various references)

German

Bob (boliviano). (various references)

Greek 

πλεξούδα (pigtail, strand), Σείομαι, ανεβοκατεβαίνω, αναπηδώ (bounce, bound, jerk, jig, leap, prance, ramp, rebound, recoil, spring, start), Βαρίδι (Plumb), Βολίδα (Plumb), Ανεβοκατεβαίνω, ίόβω ίοντά. (various references)

Hebrew 

־שקולת, ּקוד, לתל ער, ספורת קצרה, נועת ״אש, ׀קישה, קדה (Beck, bow, curtsey, obeisance). (various references)

Hungarian

bubifrizura (shingle). (various references)

Italian

bob (bobsleigh), Rapido Inchino, Peso (burden, consequence, drag, gravity, heft, import, importance, load, shot, tax, weight), Muoversi In Su E In Giù, Muoversi Avanti E Indietro, Muovere (actuate, bring up, budge, drive, induce, move, raise, shift, stir), Fare Inchini, Dare Colpetti, Ciocca Di Capelli (tress). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ボツリヌス菌 (bobsled, bobsleigh, body, body blow, body building, body check, body conscious, body language, body line, body painting, body shampoo, body talk, body treatment, body-building, bodysuit, Bohemian, Bohemian glass, bomb, bonanzagram, bonus pay, Botswana, bottle, bottle keep, bottle-neck, bottom, bottom out, bottomless, bottom-line, bottom-up, botulinus bacillus, careless, security check, sexually flattering clothing, special exercise for developing big muscles, voluntary chain, volunteer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ボブ . (various references)

Manx

Robard (Bobby). (various references)

Pig Latin

obbay.(various references)

Portuguese

bater (bang, bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, biff, bop, brandish, chastise, churn, clap, club, curl, curry, deckle, dodder, flap, fling, flog, forge, form, froth, hit, hunt, jab, knead, knock, lam, lap, lick, plash, pulsate, pulse, ram, scutch, slap, slog, sound, splash, stir, strike, swing, thrash, thresh, type, wave, whack, whip, whirl, whisk, worst). (various references)

Romanian

Bãga (drive, immerse, impress, insert, interject, introduce, intrude, invest, involve, jab, land, Lodge, put in, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), Sãlta (bounce, bound, dance, Frisk, heave up, help up, hod, hop, jump, leap, Mount, rebound, rise, skip, spring), Ciuf (aigret, shock, sloven), Coadã De Cal Tãiatã Scurt, Coadã De Zmeu, Coafurã Cu Pãrul Tãiat Scurt, Greutate A Pendulului, Mişcare Rapidã (dart, flirt, spin), şiling (shilling), Pãr Tãiat Scurt, Zdruncinãturã (hitch, jerk, jog, jolt, shake, shock), Sãltare (lift), Sãri (bounce, bound, break, caper, dance, dap, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, leave out, lop, lope, Miss, rebound, skip, spirt, splash, spout, spring, spurt, start), Scurta Coada Unui Cal, Smoc (bunch, bundle, floccus, flock, lock, tuft, wisp), Sondã (Derrick, lead, probe, sound, well), Tãia Scurt Pãrul, Vârî (creep, crib, dab, dig, dip, drive, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, jab, Lodge, pick, poke, pull up, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), Moţ (ear, forelock, kiss-me-quick, tassel, topknot, tuft). (various references)

Russian 

стричь рывок;поплавок;боб, Поплавок (Cork), Женская Короткая Стрижка, Завиток Волос, Лот, Груз Отвеса. (various references)

Scottish

cutach (bobtailed, bob-tailed, docked, stumpy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

brz pokret, plovak (ball cock, bobber, float), ljuljati se (seesaw, swing), kretati se brzo, kratko ošišati, kratka kosa. (various references)

Spanish

Balancearse (balance, roll about, sway, swing, teeter, toss, toss about, toss around, toss up), bob (boliviano), Bobsleigh (bobsled, bobsleigh), Borla (ball, bobble, pompon, puff, tassel), Cortar (ax, axe, bar, behead, block off, break, break in, chop, clip, comminute, crop, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut in, cut off, cut out, cut up, decapitate, detruncate, disbranch, excise, exscind, fell, hack, incise, intersect, joint, lop, lop away, lop off, lumber, mow, Nick, nip, open, pare, pick, pluck, prune, sever, shear, shear off, shear through, shut off, slice, slit, snick, strike off, tear off, trim away, trim off, turn off, turn out, Whittle), Chelín (shilling), cogote (nape), Agitarse (churn, convulse, fidget, flap, fuss, heave, ruffle, shake, surge, toss, toss about, toss around, toss up, tumble, twitter, wag, wave), Corcho (bobber, Cork, float), Reverencia (bow, bowing, curtsey, curtsy, drawing, obeisance, reverence), Hacer Una Reverencia, Mover (actuate, budge, cause, dispose, drive, hitch, inch, jar, lead, move, nod, play, prompt, pull, roll, shake, shift, stir, sway, turn over, waft, wag, work, wriggle), Movimiento Brusco (toss), Pelo Corto (short-haired), Peluca (periwig, peruke, toupee, wig), Pendiente (abruptness, acclivity, bank, Catkin, clevis, descent, dip, drop, ear-drop, earring, grade, hanging, incline, outstanding, pendant, pendent, pending, pitch, slope, unsettled, upgrade), Cola Cortada (bobtail). (various references)

Swedish

Shilling (shilling), Guppa (bump, jog, jolt). (various references)

Thai

เหรียญชิลลิง, เคาะเบาๆ เร็วๆ, ไปชั่วระยะเวลาสั้นๆ, ผงกหัว, ผงกศีรษะ, ผลุบๆ โผล่ๆในน้ำ, การผงกศีรษะ, 5 เพนนี. (various references)

Turkish

Bir De Baktım Ki, Yarış Kızağı Kullanmak, Yarış Kızağı (bobsled, bobsleigh), Sallamak (agitate, brandish, flap, flirt, flourish, jog, joggle, jolt, nod, rock, roll, shake, swing, switch, wag, waggle, wave), Saç Lülesi (curl, ringlet), Reverans Yapmak (bow, curtsey, curtsy, drop a curtsey, drop a curtsy), Kesik Kuyruk, Kısa Saç Modeli, Kısa Kesmek (be brief, boil down, chop one's words, curtail, cut short, draw it fine, shingle, tell briefly, wrap it up), Þilin, Aniden (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, in a flash, on a sudden, out of clear sky, sharp, short, slap, slap bang, suddenly), Ağzıyla Yakalamaya Çalışmak, Aşağı Yukarı Sallanmak, Çekül (Plumb). (various references)

Turkmen 

jontuk (bob (of an animal's tail), short). (various references)

Ukrainian

Кататися З Гір, Різкий Рух, Швидко, Школяр, Бант, Веселий (Chirk), Вудити (Drabble), Вузол, Гойдатися, Легкий Удар, Танцювати, Хутко, Раптово, Жвавий (Chirk), Обманювати, Коротка Стрижка, Коротко Стригтися, Коротко Підрізати Хвіст, Кучер, Поплавець (Cork), Приспів, Присідати, Підвісок, Підрізаний, Підстрибувати, Підстрижений, Завиток. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nhấp nhô (play, popple), món tóc (lock), cái vỗ nhẹ (pat, tap, tip), cái lắc nhẹ (jog). (various references)

Welsh

siglo (quake, rock, shake, swing, wag), hercian (hobble, hop, limp). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bob": bobbed, bobber, bobberies, bobbers, bobbery, bobbies, bobbin, bobbinet, bobbinets, bobbing, bobbins, bobble, bobbled, bobbles, bobbling, bobby, bobcat, bobcats, bobeche, bobeches, bobolink, bobolinks, bobs, bobsled, bobsledded, bobsledder, bobsledders, bobsledding, bobsleddings, bobsleds, bobstay, bobstays, bobtail, bobtailed, bobtailing, bobtails, bobwhite, bobwhites. (additional references)

Words ending with "bob": cabob, kabob, kebob, nabob, skibob, thingamabob. (additional references)

Words containing "bob": cabobs, discombobulate, discombobulated, discombobulates, discombobulating, discombobulation, discombobulations, kabobs, kebobs, naboberies, nabobery, nabobess, nabobesses, nabobish, nabobism, nabobisms, nabobs, skibobber, skibobbers, skibobbing, skibobbings, skibobs, thingamabobs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bob" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bawb, bbb, bbm, bbw, Beb, bebb, bho, biba, bibi, blbb, Boab, boba, bobb, bobe, Bobi, bobo, bodb, bof, Boj, bolb, boobd, boobe, boq, Botb, bou, bov, boyb, brb, broab, buba, bube, Bubi, Bueb, byb, byob, Ebobo, Obb, obbo, obob, Qbo, vob. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bo.

+1 letter: blob, bobs, bomb, boob, bubo, cobb.

+2 letters: abbot, baboo, bebop, bilbo, bimbo, blobs, bobby, bombe, bombs, boobs, booby, cabob, cobbs, cobby, dobby, hobby, kabob, kebob, lobby, nabob, nobby, yobbo.

+3 letters: abbots, absorb, babool, baboon, baboos, balboa, bamboo, baobab, batboy, bebops, bilboa, bilbos, bimbos, blowby, bobbed, bobber, bobbin, bobble, bobcat, bombax, bombed, bomber, bombes, bombyx, bonbon, boobed, booboo, boubou, buboed, buboes, burbot, busboy, cabobs, cobber, cobble, cobweb, dobber, dobbin, fobbed, gabbro, gibbon, globby, gobbed, gobbet, gobble, haboob, hobbed, hobbit, hobble, hobnob, jobbed, jobber, kabobs, kebobs, knobby, lobbed, lobber, mobbed, mobber, nabobs, nobble, ribbon, robbed, robber, robbin, skibob, slobby, snobby, sobbed, sobber, wobble, wobbly, yobbos.