Bobby

Definition: Bobby

Bobby

Noun

1. An informal term for a British policeman.

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

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

Date "bobby" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Note: Bobby \Bob"by\, noun. nickname for policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.]. (references)

Literature

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

Crosswords: Bobby

German (Bobby).

Father Bobby would have made a good hit-man (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

Anybody think of anything in here that, uh, might bother Bobby Ray (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

Mr. Barbone? Hi, my name's Bobby, I'll be your driver (Get Shorty; writing credit: Scott Frank. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.)

Hey listen man. When I, Bobby Speed, promises his audience live music, he delivers (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein)

Pick me out a winner Bobby. (The Natural; writing credit: Bernard Malamud; Roger Towne)

La-da-da da-la-da la-da, Bobby McGee, yeah ("Me and Bobby McGee"; performing artist: Janis Joplin)

Smart as Bobby Fischer (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Dribble off those Bobby Brooks ("Jack and Diane"; performing artist: John Cougar Mellencamp)

With that New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve (Around the Way Girl; performing artist: L.L. Cool J)

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike (Cool It Now; performing artist: New Edition)

Bobby brings bright bells. (references; author: unknown)

Bobby (2003)

The Bobby Darin Show (1973)

Bobby (1973)

Die Tollen Nichten des Grafen Bobby (1966)

Der Schrecken des wilden Westens Graf Bobby (1965)

Me and Bobby McGee (performing artist: Janis Joplin)

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

Books

• A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe: A Novel (reference)

• Bobby Jones on Golf (reference)

• The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Aloha, Bobby & Rose (reference)

• Bobby Jones: Executive Gift Set (includes: How to Break 90, How I Play Golf - A Round of Golf, How I Play Golf - The Long Game, How I Play Golf - The Short Game (reference)

• Bobby Digital's Domestic Violence (reference)

• Bobby Hull Hockey Shooting & Scoring (reference)

• Bobby Hutcherson & Flora Purim: Cool Summer (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Ache (reference)

• The Best of Bobby Bare [Razor & Tie] (reference)

• 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby "Blue" Bland [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin: Hush (reference)

• Bobby Rock & Neil Zaza: Snap Crackle & Pop Live [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Senior Airman Bobby Ridgeway makes sure that Maj. Kevin Jens is securely strapped into his F-16 during 12th Air Force's Gila Bomb 00-2 competition. Both are from the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Jens earned the Best Low-Angle Strafe.

Bobby Ingersol on "Kiger Cougar", an adopted kiger mustang, at Bell A Ranch arena in Burns. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

Professional trainer, Bobby Ingersol, shows off Kiger Cougar, an adopted Kiger Mustang. Southeast Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

Bobby Byrne. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bobby Wheelock. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bobby sat up and rubbed his eyes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Won't that Bobby ever learn who's boss?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants surrounded by fans] / Associated Press. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Bobby" Leach and his barrel. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dr. S.A. Malloy examining Mr. William H. Willis's son Bobby in their home. Mr. Willis is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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

Expressions using "bobby": Bobby Fischer ♦ Bobby Jones ♦ Bobby Orr ♦ bobby pin ♦ bobby socks ♦ bobby sox ♦ bobby soxer. Additional references.

Beginning with "bobby": bobby-bashing, bobby-beaters, bobby-beating, bobby-dazzler, bobby-sock, bobby-sox, bobby-soxers.

Ending with "bobby": ex-bobby.

Containing "bobby": village-bobby-type.

Albanian

Polic (cop, copper, crusher, flatty, jemadar, police officer, policeman). (various references)

Arabic 

‏شرطي (bull, conditional, constable, cop, copper, gendarme, officer, pig, provisional, provisory, sleuth, subjunctive). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Полицай. (various references)

Chinese 

警察 (Constable, Cop, Cops, Police, Policeman, Policemen). (various references)

Czech

Polda (copper, pig). (various references)

Danish

ankelsok (ankle sock, anklet, bobby-sock). (various references)

Dutch

sokje (ankle sock, anklet, bobby-sock), sok (sock). (various references)

Finnish

nilkkasukat (ankle socks, anklets, bobby-socks). (various references)

French

Police, Flic. (various references)

German

Polizist (constable, cop, officer, patrolman, police, police constable, police officer, policeman). (various references)

Greek 

άγγλοσ Αστυφύλακασ. (various references)

Hungarian

Londoni Rendõr. (various references)

Indonesian

agen polisi. (various references)

Italian

Poliziotto (bull, constable, cop, patrolman, policeman, trooper). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

侠 (bobby soxer, flapper, tomboy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きゃん (bobby soxer, flapper, tomboy). (various references)

Korean 

순경 (Cop, Cops). (various references)

Manx

Robard (Bob), poleen (constable, copper, policeman). (various references)

Pig Latin

obbybay.(various references)

Portuguese

policial (bull, constable, constabulary, cop, crusher, patrolman, police officer, policeman, policewoman, slop), polícia (bull, constable, constabulary, cop, crusher, patrolman, police, police force, police officer, policeman, policewoman, slop). (various references)

Romanian

Poliţist (constable, cop, copper, ferret, minion of the law, officer, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, police, policeman), Poliţai (bull, myrmidon of the law, peon, policeman), Jandarm (dragon, she-dragoon, tartar, virago). (various references)

Russian 

Полисмен, бобби;полицейский. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

policajac (constable, cop, flatfoot, jack, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police constable, police officer, policeman, portreeve, sowar, trooper). (various references)

Spanish

policía (bloodhound, constabulary, cop, Dick, fuzz, military force, officer, patrolman, peeler, police, police force, police officer, policeman, shadow), Poli (cop). (various references)

Swedish

Poliskonstapel (policeman), polis (cop, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, police, police officer, policeman). (various references)

Thai

เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ, ตำรวจ (copper, gendarme, gendermerie, gumshoe, Old Bill, rozzer). (various references)

Turkish

Polis (bluebottle, bull, cop, copper, flatfoot, flattie, fuzz, patrolman, peeler, police, policeman, policewoman, rozzer, the force, the heat), Aynasız (bluebottle, bull, cop, copper, flatfoot, flattie, fuzz, peeler, pig, rozzer, shamus, the heat, wretch). (various references)

Ukrainian

Полісмен. (various references)

Misspellings

"Bobby" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: babby, bbb, bebb, Bjorbye, blbb, bobb, bobbie, bobbit, Bobbs, bobbys, Bobi, Boblyn, bobsy, bomby, Bombyx, bubbie, Budby, bugby, buzby, obby, wobby. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bob, boy, yob.

-3 letters: bo, by, oy, yo.

+2 letters: bobbery.

+3 letters: cobwebby.