Bob

Etymology

Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bŏb, IPA^(key): /bɒb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb
• (US) enPR: bäb, bôb, IPA^(key): /bɑb/, /bɔb/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Bob

1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
   • 2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian‎:

     Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.

2. (cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.

   Synonym: Party B

   Coordinate terms: Alice, Eve, Mallory, Peggy, Victor

   • 2003, Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 247:

     The key that Alice and Bob are to share cannot be transmitted in the clear. Either it must be enciphered when sent, or Alice and Bob must derive it without an exhange of data from which the key can be derived.

Noun

Bob (plural Bobs)

1. A generic male person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

• Alice

Further reading

• Alice and Bob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• obb

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bob
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Proper noun

Bob m

1. a male given name, Bob

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔb/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔb

Proper noun

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Proper noun

Bob m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bobs or (with an article) Bob)

1. a male given name from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbob/
• Rhymes: -ob

Proper noun

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ob, -oβ

Proper noun

Bob m

1. (cryptography) Bob (person or system receiving a message)
2. a male given name from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbob]
• Rhymes: -ob

Etymology 1

From bob.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Bob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbob/ [ˈboβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ob, -oβ

Proper noun

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bop/
• Rhymes: -op

Proper noun

Bob

1. a male given name from English