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bob under

bob under verb: to go suddenly under the surface of a body of water after a period of floating.

Verb

bob under (third-person singular simple present bobs under, present participle bobbing under, simple past and past participle bobbed under)

  1. (intransitive) To go suddenly under the surface of a body of water after a period of floating.
    • I tracked her with my eyes until she bobbed under before the rescue boat got there.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive, transitive) To go under the surface or edge of something.
    • He bobbed under the blanket.

Forms of bob under

third-person singular presentbobs under
present participlebobbing under
past participlebobbed under
pastbobbed under

Questions about bob under

What does bob under mean?
Bob under means to go suddenly under the surface of a body of water after a period of floating.
What part of speech is bob under?
Bob under is a verb.
What is the past tense of bob under?
The past tense of bob under is bobbed under.

Words near bob under in the dictionary

  1. bob jeroms
  2. Bob Lincoln
  3. Bob Lincolns
  4. bob skate
  5. bob skates
  6. bob under
  7. bob up
  8. bob wig
  9. bob wigs
  10. bob wire
  11. bob wires

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