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Bob can be a noun (as in: Bob the name, or a fishing float or a small curl of hair or slang for a British shilling) and it can also be a verb 'to bob' which means to move up and down while floating (as in: the cork bobbed around in the pond), or to hit lightly (as in: jacks friend bobbed him on the shoulder). It is also a term (verb) in campanology (the ringing of bells) meaning to to modify the sequence of changes.

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