Bobber

Quick meaning: Bobber is a noun meaning One who takes part in apple bobbing.

Meaning

One who takes part in apple bobbing.

More Meanings

1. A style of custom motorcycle with stripped-down bodywork and a shortened (or "bobbed") rear fender.
2. A person who rides a bobsleigh; a bobsleigher.
3. One who has a bob hairstyle.
4. (fishing) A buoyant device (frequently made of cork or hollow plastic) attached to a line so as to suspend the end of the line with the hook (and bait or lure) above the bottom.

Example Sentences

Not to be outdone, another group of students formed the Bobber's Union and wore a much different hairstyle.

Put apples in a kitchen sink, a bathtub or a large shallow bucket filled with water. Each player must grab an apple with his or her teeth, using no hands. The fun of bobbing is for the bobbers to get wet! So don't forget the towels.

Newspaper articles from the time describe employers who refused to hire women with bobbed hair […] In Japan, a speaker at a national hairdressers' convention declared, “All bobbers are not dissolute women, but all dissolute women are bobbers.”

Word Forms

• bobbers

Synonyms for bobber

Depending on context, synonyms include dobber, cork, float, bob.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bob, cork, bob-job, bobbler, skibobber, bopper.

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