Bob

Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.

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

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Bob

1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
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.

• Bobby
• Dobbin
• Rob
• Robbie

Bob (plural Bobs)

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

• Jack (generic male)

• Bob's your uncle

• Alice

• Alice and Bob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• obb

Borrowed from English Bob.

• IPA^(key): /bɔp/

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• Hyphenation: Bob
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Bob m

1. a male given name, Bob

• IPA^(key): /bɔb/

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• Rhymes: -ɔb

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

• IPA^(key): /bɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

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

1. a male given name from English

• IPA^(key): /ˈbob/
• Rhymes: -ob

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

• Rhymes: -ob, -oβ

Bob m

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbob]
• Rhymes: -ob

From bob.

Bob m (genitive/dative lui Bob)

1. a surname

Borrowed from English Bob.

Bob m (genitive/dative lui Bob)

1. a male given name from English

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

Bob m

1. a male given name from English

• IPA^(key): /bop/
• Rhymes: -op

Bob

1. a male given name from English