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THIS PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ IS PERFECT PRACTICE FOR THE REAL TEST
In our third teacher-created PSAT practice test there are new and unique vocabulary terms you may have never heard of! Can you guess what they mean?
Question 1 of 10
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Origin of bob
1Definition for bob (2 of 5)
bob2
[ bob ]
/ bɒb /
noun
verb (used with object), bobbed, bob·bing.
to cut short; dock: They bobbed their hair to be in style.
verb (used without object), bobbed, bob·bing.
to try to snatch floating or dangling objects with the teeth: to bob for apples.
Angling. to fish with a bob.
Origin of bob
2First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bobbe (noun) “spray, cluster, bunch (of leaves, flowers, fruit, etc.)”; of uncertain origin
Definition for bob (3 of 5)
bob3
[ bob ]
/ bɒb /
noun
a tap; light blow.
a polishing wheel of leather, felt, or the like.
verb (used with object), bobbed, bob·bing.
to tap; strike lightly.
Origin of bob
3First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English bobben “to strike, beat,” perhaps imitative; see bop2
Definition for bob (4 of 5)
bob4
[ bob ]
/ bɒb /
noun, plural bob.British Informal.
a shilling.
Origin of bob
4First recorded in 1780–90; origin unknown; perhaps from Bob
Definition for bob (5 of 5)
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British Dictionary definitions for bob (1 of 5)
bob1
/ (bɒb) /
verb bobs, bobbing or bobbed
noun
Word Origin for bob
C14: of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for bob (2 of 5)
bob2
/ (bɒb) /
noun
verb bobs, bobbing or bobbed
Word Origin for bob
C14 bobbe bunch of flowers, perhaps of Celtic origin
British Dictionary definitions for bob (3 of 5)
bob3
/ (bɒb) /
verb bobs, bobbing or bobbed
to tap or cause to tap or knock lightly (against)
noun
a light knock; tap
Word Origin for bob
C13 bobben to rap, beat; see bop ²
British Dictionary definitions for bob (4 of 5)
Word Origin for bob
C19: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for bob (5 of 5)
Bob
/ (bɒb) /
noun
Bob's your uncle slang everything is or will turn out all right
Word Origin for Bob
C19: perhaps from pet form of Robert
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