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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: fob (0.00774 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to fob.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fob
fob
n 1: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch [syn:
watch pocket]
2: an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
3: short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's
vest [syn:
watch chain,
watch guard]
[also:
fobbing,
fobbed]
fob
v : deceive somebody;
“We tricked the teacher into thinking that
class would be cancelled next week” [syn:
trick,
fox,
pull a fast one on,
play a trick on]
[also:
fobbing,
fobbed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fob
Fob
\Fob\ (f[o^]b), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a
watch pocket
.
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2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch,
usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to
conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
[PJC]
Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in
the fob; a fob[2].
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Fob
\Fob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
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1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
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2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.
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To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to
delude with a trick.
“A conspiracy of bishops could
prostrate and fob off the right of the people.” --Milton.
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