Definitions for FOBfɒb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fobfɒb(n.)

  1. a watch pocket just below the waistline in trousers.

    Category: Clothing

  2. a short chain or ribbon, usu. with a medallion or similar ornament, attached to a watch and worn hanging from a pocket.

    Category: Clothing

  3. the medallion or ornament itself.

Origin of fob:

1645–55; orig. uncert.; cf. dial. G Fuppe pocket

fobfɒb(v.t.)fobbed, fob•bing.

  1. Archaic. to cheat; deceive.

  2. fob off, to induce someone to take (something inferior); palm off. to put (someone) off by deception or trickery:

    She fobbed us off with phony excuses.

    Category: Verb Phrase

Origin of fob:

1350–1400; ME; akin to G foppen to delude; cf. fob1

fob

or f.o.b. or FOB or F.O.B.

  1. free on board: without charge to the buyer for goods placed on board a carrier at the point of shipment.

    Category: Business

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fob, watch pocket(noun)

    a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

  2. fob(noun)

    an adornment that hangs from a watch chain

  3. fob, watch chain, watch guard(verb)

    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 on(verb)

    deceive somebody

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

Wiktionary

  1. FOB(Noun)

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

  2. Origin: * High German fuppe

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fob(noun)

    a little pocket for a watch

  2. Fob(u)

    to beat; to maul

  3. Fob(u)

    to cheat; to trick; to impose on


Translations for FOB

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fob(verb)

to get (someone) to accept (something worthless)

He fobbed me off with promises.

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