Fob

Word FOB
Character 3
Hyphenation fob
Pronunciations /fɒb/

Definitions and meanings of "Fob"

What do we mean by fob?

A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch. noun

A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist. noun

An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon. noun

To cheat or deceive (another). transitive verb

To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off. phrasal verb

To put off or appease by deceitful or evasive means. phrasal verb

To cheat; trick; impose upon.

To beat; maltreat.

To pass off by a false representation; dispose of by deception: as, to fob off a worthless article on a customer.

A little pocket made in the waist-band of men's breeches or trousers as a receptacle for a watch. noun

A watch-chain, or ribbon with buckle and seals or the like, such as is worn appended to the watch and hanging from the fob. noun

A tap on the shoulder, as from a bailiff. noun

A cheat. noun

To put into a fob; pocket; get possession of.

To breathe hard or with heaving sides; gasp from violent running.

Froth or foam. noun

To beat; to maul. transitive verb

To cheat; to trick; to impose on. transitive verb

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." transitive verb

A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.

A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.

A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)

A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fob

The word "fob" in example sentences

As far as I can tell, locking the car with the fob is a bad idea. ❋ Joshenglish (2008)

Ben brought a Pogo animation cel for appraisal and his colleague Jessica Lewis had a Elks Club fob from the early part of last century. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the Jewelry table, Adam Patrick of A La Vielle Russie, Inc. examines an Elks fob from the early 20th century. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The story itself is interesting, but the part that stuck out was this gadget, called a "raskat" device, which comes with a wireless keychain fob that can remotely trigger the destruction of data on a computer hard drive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The out of place plushie speaks of a summer love and heart break at Christmas, the gnarly key fob is from a friend who drove into a bridge abutment, and the plastic dog dish in a house with no dogs speaks of the dog that ran away at the cottage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bruce Schneier's op-ed on CNet about identity theft talks about why "two-factor" authentication (e.g. having to enter a password and a number that you read off of a little keychain fob) is useful for lots of things, but not for preventing identity theft. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Great Wired News article about TV B-Gone, a keychain fob that you can use to turn off bothersome TVs in bars, airports, etc. ❋ Unknown (2004)

TV-B-Gone is, according to NYT, a $14.99 keychain fob that is "Essentially a one-trick remote control [that] quickly spits out roughly 200 infrared codes and, within customary remote-control range, turns off most televisions in a few seconds." ❋ Unknown (2004)

The RFBug is a little pink keychain fob with an LED inside that blinks furiously when it's brought into range of radio frequencies between 1MHz and 2. 5GHz -- your basic data/cellular/cordless phone spectrum. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I don’t remember who did it – it may have been on SNL – but there was a great skit several years back about what would happen if, instead of car alarms setting off the car’s horn, they sent a signal to a keychain fob which shocked the owner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Were they not sometimes carried in a receptacle called a fob? ❋ Unknown (2002)

On top, a thin crust of soap, with perhaps a little light coloured fob, which is returned to the pan after the removal of the good soap. ❋ H. A. Appleton (N/A)

The large side doors both open electronically, as does the tail liftgate (you can do so remotely with the key fob, which is handy, or from the driver's seat) but … despite a self-arresting function, I still managed to nearly get one passenger's leg caught in the door, so prudence is necessary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only sign of weariness he gives is to take out his watch, which, by the way, is suspended by a broad black ribbon, and lives, not in his waistcoat pocket, but in a "fob," and is further decorated by a very large and old-fashioned seal. ❋ H. Lovett Cameron (N/A)

Some readers might take offense with the word "fob," a sometime slur once spelled FOB, for fresh off the boat. ❋ Louis Peitzman (2011)

To us, the word 'fob' ... was never used in a derogatory manner. ❋ Louis Peitzman (2011)

Forward Operating Base (FOB, pronounced "fob") in eastern Afghanistan only a few miles from the tribal areas of Pakistan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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