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bobbing

[ bob-ing ]

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noun

Radar.

the effect on a radarscope of the fluctuation of a radar echo because of alternating interference and reinforcement of the reflected waves.

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Billy is often seen bobbing, pacing and swaying — all signs of brain damage caused by years of captivity, the organization said.

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Attached to wires, it's bobbing over a sea of silver balloons designed to look like waves.

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Ventura Port District Harbor Patrol officers spotted the truck bobbing by the boat launch ramp shortly before 11 a.m.

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The helicopter flies over Leblon Beach and a woman is seen bobbing in the sea.

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From his vantage point bobbing on the ocean, he could see spot fires cropping up all over lower Topanga — no firefighters in sight.

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