bobbing
the effect on a radarscope of the fluctuation of a radar echo because of alternating interference and reinforcement of the reflected waves.
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How to use bobbing in a sentence
One afternoon in 2019, Braddock clambered from the icebreaker to a bobbing inflatable boat.
Uplifting Antarctic shores point to accelerating loss of glaciers | Douglas Fox | July 5, 2022 | Science News For StudentsOne afternoon, Braddock clambered from a bobbing inflatable boat onto the barren shores of Lindsey 1 — one of a dozen or more rocky islands that sit roughly 100 kilometers from where Pine Island Glacier terminates in the ocean.
Ancient penguin bones reveal unprecedented shrinkage in key Antarctic glaciers | Douglas Fox | June 9, 2022 | Science NewsThis is more efficient than pushing on the water, and produces less wasted vertical bobbing.
Paula, with her bobbing head, wasn’t as smooth looking as Kipchoge, but she was exceptionally economical, so her head didn’t adversely influence that.
The bike responds to power input with a direct feel, with no detectable bobbing, and I found myself pedaling out of the saddle more to experience its snappy acceleration.
She has entered the building, her big white head bobbing and tilting as she walks—almost skips—across the room.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014 | Sarah Bay Williams | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey said that the rest eventually sank beneath the surface—some after bobbing in the water clinging to debris for several hours.
Hundreds of Migrants are Reported Drowned by Traffickers Near Malta | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer head bobbing, hair tousled, and eye-makeup running, she questions the actions of the officers.
What the Hell Just Happened in Texas, and Why Was Rick Perry Just Indicted? | Olivia Nuzzi | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd she's walking, head bobbing, with an odd kinetic purpose, behind other people's camera shots.
There was Rob Ford bobbing and weaving drunkenly through the city streets during festivals.
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "bobbing Joan."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsTherefore, I smoked my cigarette without misgiving, and kept close watch for bobbing black dots against the far-flung green.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe ran from the stamping mill, his camera bobbing from the strap around his neck and his tripod dragging behind him.
Maggie gave a funny, bobbing little courtesy as the older girls went out.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonA street car slipped past, bobbing down the track like a duck sailing over ripples.
Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower
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