fob

verb

/fɒb/

/fɑːb/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fob	/fɒb/ /fɑːb/
he / she / it fobs	/fɒbz/ /fɑːbz/
past simple fobbed	/fɒbd/ /fɑːbd/
past participle fobbed	/fɒbd/ /fɑːbd/
-ing form fobbing	/ˈfɒbɪŋ/ /ˈfɑːbɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheat out of’): origin uncertain; perhaps related to German foppen ‘deceive, cheat, banter’, or to fop.

fob

noun

/fɒb/

/fɑːb/

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a small object that is attached to a key ring, etc. for decoration
- a key fob
a short chain that is attached to a watch that is carried in a pocket
(also fob watch)
a watch that is attached to a fob

Word Originnoun mid 17th cent. (denoting a fob pocket in a waistband): origin uncertain; probably related to German dialect Fuppe ‘pocket’.

FOB

noun

/fɒb/

/fɑːb/

(becoming old-fashioned, informal, offensive, especially North American English)

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a person who has recently come to a country as an immigrant and does not speak or behave like people who have lived there a long time (the abbreviation for ‘fresh off the boat’)

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