Synonyms for bobbing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bob-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒb ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for bobbing

Other synonyms for the word bobbing

Définition of bobbing

Origin : "move with a short, jerking motion," late 14c., probably connected to Middle English bobben "to strike, beat" (late 13c.), perhaps of echoic origin. Another early sense was "to make a fool of, cheat" (early 14c.). Related: Bobbed; bobbing. The sense in bobbing for apples (or cherries) recorded by 1799.

verb bounce up and down

Example sentences :

He found a small, bobbing speck beyond a far-away hillcrest.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Along the lane in the direction of the village a fiery spark was bobbing.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

There, where the music was playing and the Japanese lanterns were bobbing, he said it to her.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

All this time, I, in my confusion, was bobbing and murmuring pledges of service.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

The audience, watching the bobbing purse, hadn't realized it as yet.
Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton

Others of the guard came up, fired at his bobbing head, but missed it.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

It was full of bobbing curtsies and racing and scampering about the room.
Extract from : « Peggy in Her Blue Frock » by Eliza Orne White

Head and foot meant tears—that is, when the bobbing was downward and not up.
Extract from : « Emmy Lou » by George Madden Martin

When they reached Fifty-ninth street Jerry's head was bobbing and his reins were slack.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

However, I think possibly what you call the right one is bobbing up.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various

Antonyms for bobbing

face
meet

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