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Definition of 'FOB'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fob
a watch pocket just below the waistline in trousers.

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

3.  fob
the medallion or ornament itself.

4. (v.t.) fob
Archaic. to cheat; deceive.

5.  fob
fob off,

6.  fob
to induce someone to take (something inferior); palm off.

7.  fob
to put (someone) off by deception or trickery:
She fobbed us off with phony excuses.

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

Definition of 'FOB'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fob, watch pocket
a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

2. (noun) fob
an adornment that hangs from a watch chain

3. (verb) fob, watch chain, watch guard
short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

4. (verb) flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
deceive somebody
"We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

Definition of 'FOB'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) FOB
a little pocket for a watch

2. FOB
to beat; to maul

3. FOB
to cheat; to trick; to impose on

Translation of 'FOB'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to get (someone) to accept (something worthless) He fobbed me off with promises.
Afrikaans: afwys	Arabic: يُماطِل بالوُعود	Bulgarian: изигравам
Brazilian: iludir	Czech: odbýt; podvést	German: jemanden abspeisen
Danish: holde hen; spise af; affæ	Greek: ξεφορτώνομαι κπ. με εξαπά	Spanish: colocar/colar algo a algu
Estonian: (kellelegi midagi) kaela	Farsi: کلاه سر کسی گذاشتن	Finnish: saada uskomaan
French: refiler (qqch.à qqn)	Hebrew: לְרָמוֹת	Hindi: छोटी चेन
Croatian: prevariti, zavarati	Hungarian: megtéveszt vkit	Indonesian: memaksa menerima
Icelandic: svíkja, blekkja	Italian: appioppare	Japanese: つかませる
Korean: 속여 빼앗다	Lithuanian: įbrukti (kam nors ką nors	Latvian: piekrāpt; apmuļķot (kādu)
Malay: memaksa menerima	Dutch: afschepen	Norwegian: prakke (noe) på (noen)
Polish: zbyć (kogoś czymś)	Persian: کلاه سر کسی گذاشتن	Pashto: غولول، دوکه و
Portuguese: iludir QUERY	Romanian: a trage pe sfoară	Russian: навязывать (что-л. кому-л
Slovak: odbyť	Slovenian: pretentati	Serbian: zavarati
Swedish: lura: avfärda (avspisa) n	Thai: บังคับให้ยอมรับ	Turkish: aldatmak
Taiwanese: 搪塞	Ukrainian: обдурювати; усучити	Urdu: گھٹیا چیز پکڑا کر دھوکا د
Vietnamese: đánh lừa	Chinese: 搪塞
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