noun 1 a quick
movement down and up of your head and body iA il W A A ( s&Wlffc ) : a bob of the head
ilc2a style of a woman’s hair in which it is
cut the same length all the way around ( She
wears her hair in a bob. — picture o hair
3 {pi. bob) {informal) an old British coin, the shilling,
worth 12 old pence ( A® IB$J@rf5, 12 IBfg
± ) : That’ll cost a few bob {= a lot of money). gfS^If
4 = bobsleigh ITTO1 see BIT
bobbed /bnbd; NAmE ba:bd/ adj. (of hair cut so that it hangs loosely to
the level of the chin all around the back and sides frMMtfJ
bob ber /’bDba(r);
NAmE ‘barb-/ noun 1 a floating object used in fishing to hold
the hook at the right depth ( 2 {BrE) a person who rides on a
BOBSLEIGH
bob-bin /'bobin; NAmE 'baibin/ noun a small device on which you wind thread,
used, for example, in a sewing machine
bobble /‘bob\;
NAmE 'ba:bl/ noun, verb m noun (BrE) a small, soft ball, usually made of wool,
that is used especially for decorating clothes /Jn ^ , /Jn ^
) OH23 pompom: a woolly hat with a bobble on top iff M ^ — H'/h (ft #■ % ^f BP — picture o hat
n verb (informal) 1 [V] to move along the ground with
small bounces # M Ir
("I HU : The ball somehow
bobbled into the net. A A £ itfe ± # T /IT^A p«| ^ o 2 [VN] {NAmE) to drop a ball or to fail to stop
it * ( W. ) ; «&(#); C
# ) : She tried to
catch the ball but bobbled it. {S'MSfic
3 [V] {BrE, informal) (of a piece of clothing,
especially one made of wool A , ft jf %
)N- &^J) to become covered in very small balls of fibre bobby /’bobi;
NAmE ‘ba:bi/ noun {pi. -ies) {old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a police officer ff ^ bhifrilfll Named after Sir Robert Peel, the
politician who created
Bobby Ji Robert mm.
,
bobby-’ dazzler noun {old-fashioned, BrE, informal) an excellent or very special person or
thing hi -fe (ft A ( M
mm); Hfkwmk (mmm)
'bobby pin noun {NAmE) = hairgrip 'bobby socks noun [pi.] short white socks worn with a dress
or skirt, especially by girls and young women in the
bob-cat /'bDbkaet; NAmE 'barb-/ noun a N American wild
cat mmm, nm(^mmm)
bobs /bobz;
NAmE baibz/ noun [pi.] fl»T!Hil see bit
n. bob-sleigh /'bnbslei; NAmE 'ba:b-/ (BrE) {NAmE bob-sled /'bobsled; NAmE ’ba:b-/)
(also bob) noun a racing sledge (= a vehicle for two or more people that slides over
snow) xnm
{)
bob-tail /'bDbteil; NAmE 'baibteil/ noun 1 a dog, cat or horse with a tail that has
been cut short ^
<f®, H ) 2 a tail that has been cut short
MM
bod /bod;
NAmE ba:d/ noun {informal) 1 {BrE) a person A: She’s a bit of an odd bod (= rather strange). MHA 2 a
person’s body Affc; MW: He’s got a great bod. fifejikAA*A A0
bo-da-cious /bau'deijas; NAmE boo-/
adj. {informal, especially NAmE) 1 excellent; extremely good fctj
(ft; # Ji (ft ; #
# (ft 2 willing to take risks or to do sth
shocking (ft; AflB(ft EEC] audacious
bode /baud; NAmE boud/ verb II771 bode 'well/'ill (for sb/sth) {formal) to be a good/bad sign for sb/sth
(
Baa AUGUR: These figures
do not bode well for the company’s future.
A^(ftftjfmil^6A„
bodge /bnd3; NAmE baidzl verb [VN] ~ sth (up/together) {BrE, informal) to make or repair sth in a way
that is not as good as it should be
Bodhi-sat-tva
/.bndi'saitva;
NAmE ,boud-/ noun (in Mahayana Buddhism A^f$l$0 a person
who is able to