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bobs up

bobs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bobs up

What is bobs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bobs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bob up.

Words near bobs up in the dictionary

  1. Bobrynets
  2. bobs
  3. Bobs Creek
  4. Bobs Farm
  5. bobs under
  6. bobs up
  7. bobskate
  8. bobskates
  9. bobsled
  10. bobsledded
  11. bobsledder

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