"BOB" meaning in All languages combined

See BOB on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Acronym of back of the book. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} BOB (not comparable)
  1. (philately) Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Philately
    Sense id: en-BOB-en-adj-RHyAc8RU Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: BOBs [plural]
Etymology: Acronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition. Head templates: {{en-noun}} BOB (plural BOBs)
  1. (humorous) Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals). Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-BOB-en-noun-nduvM3Qt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BOB (uncountable)
  1. Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: bur oak blight (extra: a fungal disease of plants)
    Sense id: en-BOB-en-noun-NtwhDvBR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 9 42 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 7 47 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Symbol [Translingual]

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  1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Bolivian boliviano. Categories (topical): Currency

Inflected forms

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