Bob
Bob verb - To make short up-and-down movements.
Usage example: a family of ducks bobbing on the water
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Synonyms for Bob
Shake
Shake verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special bob | special shake |
| short | short bob | short shake |
| perfect | perfect bob | perfect shake |
| free | free bob | free shake |
| Other adjectives: real, little, main, classic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Bub or Bob will sleep, and Coro or Kulu will sit down, shake her head as she takes out a mini-mirror out of Hammerspace and look at herself through it.
Source: Idle Animation - While his backup singers and most of the musicians fled the stage, Bob kept singing, somehow able to shake off the effects of the gas.
Source: The Show Must Go On -
Sleeper Cell: Bob, Farik's interrogator in Season 2, is a mild example (assuming his story is true and not an interrogation tactic to shake Farik).
Source: Hollywood Atheist
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Bob & Shake. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bob/shake>.
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