Definitions for Rob
rɒbrob

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. robverb

   take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

   "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

2. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. robverb

   To steal from, especially using force or violence.

   He robbed three banks before he was caught.

2. robverb

   To deprive (of).

   Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.

3. robverb

   To burgle.

4. robverb

   To commit robbery.

5. robverb

   To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from

6. Robnoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

7. Robnoun

   A surname, derived from Robert.

8. Etymology: robben, from rober, from (compare Dutch roven), from raubōnan (compare English reave). More at reave.

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

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1. rob

   Rob is generally defined as the act of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force, often carried out in conjunction with violence or fear. It is considered a crime. Additionally, Rob can also be a shortened form of Robert, a male given name.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Robnoun

   the inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar

2. Robverb

   to take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from

3. Robverb

   to take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear

4. Robverb

   to deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight

5. Robverb

   to take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence

6. Etymology: [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roubn, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. 114. See Reave,and cf. Robe.]

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

1. Rob

   rob, v.t. to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i. to commit robbery:—pr.p. rob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. robbed.—ns. Rob′ber, one who robs; Rob′ber-coun′cil (Latrocinium Ephesinum), the council which met at Ephesus in August 449, under the presidency of Dioscurus, whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451; Rob′ber-crab, a hermit-crab; Rob′ber-fly, any dipterous insect of the family Asilidæ; Rob′ber-gull, the skua; Rob′bery, theft from the person, aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul, paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another. [O. Fr. rober—Old High Ger. roubōn, Ger. rauben.]

2. Rob

   rob, n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar. [Fr.,—Sp.,—Ar. robb, purified syrup of boiled fruit.]

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1. rob

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2. ROB

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ROB

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rob is ranked #40672 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rob surname appeared 537 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rob.
   
   43.9% or 236 total occurrences were White.
   28.6% or 154 total occurrences were Asian.
   18.8% or 101 total occurrences were Black.
   6.1% or 33 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Steal

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rob' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3049

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rob' in Verbs Frequency: #1109

Anagrams for Rob »

1. bor

2. bro

3. orb

How to pronounce Rob?

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 Rob in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rob in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Rob in a Sentence

1. Alek Skarlatos:

   It doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train, the guy had a lot of ammo. His intentions seemed pretty clear.

2. Joe Sheehan:

   Rob Manfred, since Rob Manfred's taken over, has floated a lot of trial balloons, this feels like another one of those. I think we'll get playoff expansion because that's where the TV money is but the 17( team) plan seems like a lot to ask.

3. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   Serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law.

4. Sally Struthers:

   We got along as beautifully as anyone could have ever hoped, there wasn’t any competition between us. We all revered one another because it was the perfect casting. Rob and I were the third set of kids – Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton had made two other pilots before we went to CBS. I have never seen those two pilots, but I hear you can find them on YouTube. People who’ve seen them say that Rob and I finally had the right chemistry for Jean and Carroll.

5. Richard Gere:

   Actually, it was my agent who was pushing for it much more than I was, i was a little resistant because I was n’t that taken with the stage production. But my agent just really kept pushing. I had just done a very intense movie, Unfaithful, and I thought : ‘ At the very least I ’m going to have fun doing this.' OH, BABY, Harvey Weinstein was still the co-chairman of Miramax Films when Chicago was being made. And the now disgraced movie mogul was adamant at the time that Britney Spears should be given a role in the movie. According to The New York Times, Harvey Weinstein sent three Miramax execs to pitch the idea to Britney Spears backstage at a concert in Canada. But director Rob Marshall and other producers were.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Rob
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rob
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Rob
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rob
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Rob
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html