Word Finder - bobbing

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To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.

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The ball, which we had thought lost, suddenly bobbed up out of the water.

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To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.

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I bobbed my head under water and saw the goldfish.

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To curtsy.

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To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

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To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

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I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?

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To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

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To bobsleigh.

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The motion of something that bobs.

Quick steps came down the hallway behind a bobbing flashlight.

Drive around, bobbing your head to whatever music you like.

Carmen arrived on stage with an energy that kept her ponytail bobbing.

A kids' life jacket that is too big can cause the child to have trouble keeping their face out of the water even though the life jacket is bobbing on the surface.

If you have several children at your house, why not have an old-fashioned apple bobbing contest?

Be sure to include popular Halloween party games such as bobbing for apples, pin the smile on the pumpkin and spooky cookie or cupcake decorating.

I can just see the distillery slipping slowly into the sea and the whiskey barrels bobbing away.

Bobbing for Apples- Game ideas for older children might include a traditional bobbing for apples game.

Her symbol was an apple, so it's possible that the Halloween tradition of bobbing for apples came from her association with Samhain.

It is believed that the Pomona celebration explains the bobbing for apples tradition at Halloween.

Bobbing for apples - This old-time party game is just as fun today.

For an additional challenge, blindfold each player while he or she is bobbing for a pear.

Alex and Gerald talked around and over the bobbing heads of children on their laps as if it were an everyday occurrence.

Just the view of my discreet yacht, gently bobbing, Helps soothe the turmoil in my troubled soul.

And if you want to be really considerate why not take the emphasis away from loud bangs to apple bobbing and sparklers?

I even spotted a tree in the distance bobbing along under its own steam with a most peculiar loping gait.

Green Fairy gets a banana milkshake with a Roman Scoop of ice cream bobbing cheerfully in the top.

He slipped the noose around his neck and drew it tight against his bobbing Adam's apple.

Then she heard his footsteps coming into the kitchen and saw the bobbing flashlight as he opened the back door.