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bobby

noun
/ˈbɒbi/UK/ˈbɑbi/US

Etymology

From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.

  1. derived from bobben
  2. suffixed as bobby — “Bob + -y”

Definitions

  1. 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?
    • "We are looking at being able to fly [drones] tens of miles from base, which is going to make a huge difference. It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat."

  2. A railway signaller.

  3. A penis.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. 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
      • Bad one wanna give man toppy She wanna suck off, follow my crew! On the backroad serving molly, she been battling bad for the bobby Saying she is sick: It's not a flu

    2. A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or…

      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
      • The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves.
      • All bobby calves must be fed as close as possible to, and at least within 6 hours of, the time of transportation.

    3. A banana that is extra small in size.

      • My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.

    4. 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.
      • Legendary soul singer Bobby Womack died Friday, Womack’s publicist said. He was 70.

    5. A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA