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bobbing under

bobbing under is the present participle and gerund of bob under.

Meaning of bob under

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.

Questions about bobbing under

What is bobbing under the present participle and gerund of?
Bobbing under is the present participle and gerund of bob under.

Words near bobbing under in the dictionary

  1. bobbiner
  2. bobbiners
  3. bobbinet
  4. bobbinets
  5. bobbing
  6. bobbing under
  7. bobbing up
  8. bobbingly
  9. bobbings
  10. bobbinite
  11. bobbinless

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