Bob
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A bobbing motion. A bobber. A curtsy. A bob haircut. The dangling mass of a pendulum or plumb line. The docked tail of a horse. A short line ending a stanza of a poem. The short runner of a sled. A shilling. An unspecified amount of money. A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement. A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water. To curtsy. To cut (hair) into a bob haircut. To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop Short form of bobsleigh
Dock
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To land at a harbour.To join two moving items.To cut off a section of an animal's tail.To reduce wages; to deduct.To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.The body of water between two piers or wharves.A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.Any plant in the genus Rumex.Part of a courtroom where accused sits.A section of a hotel or restaurant, as in coffee dockThe root of an animal's tail, also what remains after the tail has been docked.(also doc) the buttocks or anus.A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications
Example sentence: I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.