bob

BOB, noun Any little round thing, that plays loosely at the end of a string, cord, or movable machine; a little ornament or pendant that hangs so as to play loosely. Our common people apply the word to a knot of worms, on a string, used in fishing for eels. 1. The words repeated at the end of a stanza. 2. A blow; a shake or jog; a jeer or flout. 3. The ball of a short pendulum. 4. A mode of ringing. 5. A bob-wig. BOB, verb intransitive To play backward and forward; to play loosely against any thing. 1. To angle, or fish for eels, or to catch eels with a bob