Bob vs. Bog

Bobverb

(transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.

Bobverb

(transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop

Bobverb

Short form of bobsleigh

Bobverb

(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.

Bobverb

(transitive) To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.

Bobverb

To curtsy.

Bobverb

To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

Bobnoun

A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.

Bobnoun

A curtsy.

Bobnoun

A bobber.

Bobnoun

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Bobnoun

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.

Bobnoun

A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.

Bobnoun

A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

Bobnoun

The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.

Bobnoun

A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

Bobnoun

A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.

Bobnoun

A working beam.

Bobnoun

A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.

Bobnoun

A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Bobnoun

The refrain of a song.

Bobnoun

A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

Bobnoun

A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

Bobnoun

A shilling.

Bobverb

To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.

Bobverb

To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.

Bobverb

To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

Bobverb

To mock or delude; to cheat.

Bobverb

To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.

Bobverb

To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.

Bobverb

To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

Bobnoun

a former monetary unit in Great Britain

Bobnoun

a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around

Bobnoun

a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

Bobnoun

a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

Bobnoun

a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

Bobnoun

a short or shortened tail of certain animals

Bobnoun

a short abrupt inclination (as of the head);

Bobverb

move up and down repeatedly;

Bobverb

ride a bobsled;

Bobverb

remove or shorten the tail of an animal

Bobverb

make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect;

Bobverb

cut hair in the style of a bob;

Bognoun

An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.

Bognoun

(figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.

Bognoun

(uncountable) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.

Bognoun

A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.

Bognoun

An act or instance of defecation.

Bognoun

A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

Bognoun

(obsolete) nodot=1: a bugbear, monster, or terror.

Bognoun

(obsolete) Puffery, boastfulness.

Bogverb

To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.

Bogverb

(figuratively) to prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.

Bogverb

To sink and stick in bogland.

Bogverb

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

Bogverb

To defecate, to void one's bowels.

Bogverb

To cover or spray with excrement.

Bogverb

To make a mess of something.

Bogverb

To provoke, to bug.

Bogverb

To go away.

Bogadjective

(obsolete) Bold; boastful; proud.

Bognoun

A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Bognoun

A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.

Bogverb

To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.

Bognoun

wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

Bogverb

cause to slow down or get stuck;

Bogverb

get stuck while doing something;

Bognoun

an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body

Bognoun

wetland with acid peaty soil, typically dominated by peat moss.

Bognoun

the toilet.

Bogverb

be or become stuck in mud or wet ground

Bogverb

be prevented from making progress in a task or activity

Bogverb

go away

Bogverb

start a task enthusiastically

Bog

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands.