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bobbed up

bobbed up is the simple past and past participle of bob up.

Meaning of bob up

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.
    • He bobbed up and flailed toward the near bank. The weight of his boots and soaked uniform kept pulling him under.2011, Curt Iles, A Spent Bullet: Louisiana 1941, page 125
  2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To appear or arrive unexpectedly.
    • That's when he bobbed up again and ruined everything.

Questions about bobbed up

What is bobbed up the simple past and past participle of?
Bobbed up is the simple past and past participle of bob up.

Words near bobbed up in the dictionary

  1. bobbasheely
  2. bobbatlu
  3. bobbe
  4. bobbed
  5. bobbed under
  6. bobbed up
  7. bobbed wire
  8. bobbed wires
  9. bobbejaan spanner
  10. bobbejaan spanners
  11. bobber

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