Definitions for FOB
fɒbfob

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fob, watch pocketnoun

   a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

2. fobnoun

   an adornment that hangs from a watch chain

3. fob, watch chain, watch guardverb

   short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

4. flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick onverb

   deceive somebody

   "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

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1. Fobnoun

   a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch, usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FOBnoun

   A recent immigrant (from "fresh off the boat")

2. Etymology: * High German fuppe

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FOBnoun

   A small pocket.

   Etymology: fuppe, fupsacke, German.

   Who pick’d a fob at holding forth,
   And where a watch for half the worth
   May be redeem’d. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. 3.

   When were the dice with more profusion thrown?
   The well-fill’d fob, not empty’d now alone. John Dryden, Juven.

   He put his hand into his fob, and presented me in his name with a tobacco-stopper. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   There were two pockets which we could not enter; these he called his fobs: they were two large slits cut into the top of his middle cover, but squeezed close by the pressure of his belly. Gulliver’s Travels.

   Orphans around his bed the lawyer sees,
   And takes the plaintiff’s and defendant’s fees;
   His fellow pick-purse, watching for a job,
   Fancies his fingers in the cully’s fob. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Fobverb

   Etymology: fuppen, German.

   1. To cheat; to trick; to defraud.

   I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobb’d in it. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Shall there be a gallows standing in England when thou art king, and resolution thus fobb’d as it is with the rusty curb of old father antick the law. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   He goes pressing forward, ’till he was fobbed again with another story. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. To Fob off. To shift off; to put aside with an artifice; to delude by a trick.

   You must not think
   To fob off our disgraces with a tale. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   For they, poor knaves, were glad to cheat,
   To get their wives and children meat;
   But these will not be fobb’d off so,
   They must have wealth and power too. Hudibras, p. i.

   By a Ravenna vintner once betray’d,
   So much for wine and water mix’d I paid;
   But when I thought the purchas’d liquor mine,
   The rascal fobb’d me off with only wine. Addison.

   Being a great lover of country-sports, I absolutely determined not to be a minister of state, nor to be fobb’d off with a garter. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 3.

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1. fob

   A fob, also known as a key fob, is a small security hardware device with built-in authorization used to control and secure access to computer systems, network services, and data. It is also often a small device attached to a key chain or a device that remotely opens doors on cars, garage doors, or gates.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fobnoun

   a little pocket for a watch

2. Fob

   to beat; to maul

3. Fob

   to cheat; to trick; to impose on

4. Etymology: [Cf.Fop.]

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1. FOB

   FOB is a 1980 Obie Award-winning play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. Hwang's first play, it depicts the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "fresh off the boat" newcomer immigrants. The play premiered at the Stanford Asian American Theatre Project in 1979 under the direction of the author and was further developed at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. It received its professional debut on June 8, 1980 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. It was directed by Mako, with John Lone and Tzi Ma in the cast. It is published as part of Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays by Theatre Communications Group and also in an acting edition published by Dramatists Play Service.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fob

   fob, n. a trick.—v.t. to cheat. [Prob. a corr. of O. Fr. forbe, a rogue; or Ger. foppen, to jeer.]

2. Fob

   fob, n. a small pocket in the waistband of trousers for a watch: a chain with seals, &c., hanging from the fob. [If orig. a secret pocket, perh. connected with the above.]

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1. FOB

   What does FOB stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FOB acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Deceive
   • Vest Pocket

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Anagrams for FOB »

1. FBO

2. BOF

How to pronounce FOB?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FOB in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FOB in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FOB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FOB in a Sentence

1. David McQueen:

   Although AirTags are probably going to be fairly low priced, they may help to grow revenue, and users may buy multiple tags for different scenarios, such as for a bag, bike or car keys, it may also spark a rise in the manufacture of accessories to house the tags, such as a key fob, keychain or wrist strap.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FOB
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=FOB
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fob
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FOB
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FOB
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FOB
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FOB
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=FOB