bob around

• Verbe à particule désignant un mouvement de haut en bas ou une légère flottaison à la surface de l'eau ou dans l'air, souvent sans direction précise.

A phrasal verb used to indicate moving up and down or floating lightly on the surface of water or in the air, often without a specific direction.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Move up and down or floatinformal

   To move lightly and repeatedly up and down or from side to side, often on water or in the air.

   flotter en se balançant

   • The cork bobbed around in the water.
   • The children watched the balloons bob around in the breeze.
   • The small boat bobbed around on the waves.

   Synonymesbobbouncedriftfloatjiggleoscillaterockswaywobble

   Antonymesrestsettlesink

2. Move aimlessly or casuallyinformal

   To move or wander without a clear purpose or direction.

   Flâner sans but

   • He spent the afternoon bobbing around the city.
   • The tourists bobbed around the market, looking at souvenirs.
   • She bobbed around the party, chatting with different people.

   Synonymesambledriftloitermeandersaunterwander

Verbe de basebob