"bob up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bobs up [present, singular, third-person], bobbing up [participle, present], bobbed up [participle, past], bobbed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bob up (third-person singular simple present bobs up, present participle bobbing up, simple past and past participle bobbed up)
  1. (intransitive) To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bob_up-en-verb-Ax4fkgvq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up"

Inflected forms

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