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Plural of bob

regular plural

The plural of bob is bobs.

Forms of bob

Singularbob /bɒb/
Pluralbobs
Countablecountable

Bobs in a sentence

  • They will take pictures of each other under the cherry blossoms and—the Chamber of Commerce hopes—spend a few bobs for hot logs, gasoline, eastern finery and souvenirs of the nation’s capital.1949 March 23, “Capital Planning For Cherry Blossom Festival On April 3”, in Warren Times-Mirror, volume forty-nine, Warren, Pa., page...
  • Changes: This release adds 2 new effects (bobs and unlimited bobs), has a GFX directory for sharing graphics, adds utility functions to the common code2002, demoeffects, “Demotized 0.0.1 - A collection of demo effects from the early days of the demo scene.”, in fm.announce (Usenet)
  • The Senate version of the House measure now bobs quietly in the horse latitudes of legislative inaction.2000 July 24, Froma Harrop, “When a tax-free Internet robs the states, guess who they will tax?”, in Free Lance-Star, retrieved 16 May…. From the entry horse latitudes
  • “Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 124. From the entry dead
  • Last year Chinese coolie coats were the rage, along with snazzy neckties and boyish bobs.1927 September 20, “Dad is anxious to see what s[tyles?] in high school: Casts anxious eye on school mode; short slickers are due”, in…. From the entry snazzy

Meaning of bob

  1. verb 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.
  2. verb To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  3. verb To perform oral sex on someone.

Full definition of bob

Questions about the plural of bob

What is the plural of bob?
The plural of bob is bobs.
Is bob countable?
Bob is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bob (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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