bobby
/ˈbɑbi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
noun
A banana that is extra small in size.
name
A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Example Sentences
- "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.""
- "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"
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɑbi/
- British English: /ˈbɒbi/
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Slang
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.