bob up

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o aparecimento súbito ou inesperado de alguém ou algo, muitas vezes de maneira animada ou enérgica, como se emergisse rapidamente à superfície.

A phrasal verb used to indicate appearing or emerging suddenly or unexpectedly, often in a lively or buoyant manner.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Appear suddenlyinformalbritish

   To appear or emerge unexpectedly or quickly.

   Aparecer de repente

   • He bobbed up from behind the sofa and surprised everyone.
   • The question bobbed up during the discussion.
   • New problems keep bobbing up as we try to solve the old ones.

   Sinônimosappearemergematerializepop upshow upspring upsurfaceturn up

2. Move up and downinformal

   To move quickly upward, especially on the surface of water.

   Emergir

   • The cork bobbed up to the surface of the water.
   • The buoy bobbed up and down with the waves.
   • A small fish bobbed up to catch a fly.

   Sinônimosbobfloatpop uprisesurface

   Antônimosdiveplungesinksubmerge

Verbo basebob