BOB (2)

bob (2). Bob, n. any thing that hangs loose, a blow, a wig

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Bob (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] [[OE. bobben. See Bob, n.]] 1. 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. “He bobbed his head.” W. Irving.
2. 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot. 3. 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. Shak. 4. 4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. Turbervile. 5. 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.