bobby
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bobby¹
- /ˈbɒbi/ UK
- /ˈbɑbi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒbi
Where it comes from
From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.
noun bobbies
- A police officer. If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistence on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes?
- A railway signaller.
bobby²
- /ˈbɒbi/ UK
- /ˈbɑbi/ US
Rhymes with -ɒbi
noun bobbies
- A penis.
- Cocaine. Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
- A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective. The already low proportion of Friesian and Hereford Friesian cross calves sold as bobbies declined to almost insignificant proportions and there was a very steep drop in the proportion of bobby calves in the other breeds
- A banana that is extra small in size. My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.
Bobby³
- /ˈbɑbi/ US
- /ˈbɒbi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɒbi
proper noun Bobbie · Bobbi
- A diminutive of the male given name Robert. It was a real irritation to Robert's parents to hear Adeline call him Bobby. They tried to intimate their disapproval by pronouncing his name very distinctly when they addressed him.
- A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: policeman, bob, dazzler, jesus, whoo, toby, sox, bubi, cop, cale, mikey, bobbie, rocco, joyce, wanna, patrolman
Translations
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noun police officer
| Español | yuta, picoleto, madero |
|---|---|
| Français | bobby |
| Deutsch | Bobby |
| Italiano | poliziotto, piedipiatti, questurino, sbirro, agente, guardia |
| Română | polițai, curcan |
noun railway signaller
| Italiano | segnalatore ferroviario |
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