abob

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English

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Etymology

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a- +‎ bob

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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abob (not comparable)

  1. Afloat; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

Adjective

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abob (not comparable)

  1. (predicate) Afloat; bouncing on the surface of a liquid. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abob”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Anagrams

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