fob
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Is fob a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of fob?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.
verb (English)
1. (transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.Examples: "I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it."archaictransitive
2. (transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.archaictransitive
adj (English)
1. (Incoterm) Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”).alt-ofnot-comparable
adj (English)
1. (Incoterm) Initialism of free on board.abbreviationalt-ofinitialismnot-comparable
2. (slang) Initialism of fresh off the boat.Examples: "All I knew was, the three-year gap made the difference between passing as American and being exposed as FOB."abbreviationalt-ofinitialismnot-comparableslang
noun (English)
1. (military) Initialism of forward operating base.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
2. (US, politics) Initialism of friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton.Examples: "It seemed at times that everyone was an FOB — everyone, that is, who'd emerged from the ivyest groves of academia […]"USabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
3. (India) Initialism of foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass.Examples: "There has been an inordinate delay in starting work on the foot over bridge (FOB) with escalators in front of D.G. Vaishnav College on Poonamallee High Road in Arumbakkam. […] The FOB at P.H. Road, which is maintained by the state highways department, is one of seven similar facilities planned at various places in the city at a cost of Rs. 28 crore and being executed by the department."Indiaabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
4. (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant.Examples: "Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them."Synonyms: freshie, greener, new chum, blow-in, come-here, comeling, entrant, FOBabbreviationalt-ofcountablederogatoryinitialismsometimesuncountable
5. (pathology) Abbreviation of fecal occult blood.abbreviationalt-ofcountableuncountable
name (English)
1. (music) Initialism of Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
Definition source: Wiktionary