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Definição e significado de fob
Definição
fob (n.)
1.short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
2.an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
3.a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
fob (v.)
1.deceive somebody"We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
fob
1.sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
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Merriam Webster
FobFob (fŏb), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch pocket.
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.
Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in the fob; a fob{2}.
FobFob (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak.
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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Sinónimos
fob
fob off, fob off on, foist off, palm off (colloquial), palm off on (colloquial), palm off onto (colloquial)
fob (n.)
cockscomb, coquet, coxcomb, dandy, dude, vain person, watch chain, watch guard, watch pocket
fob (v.)
beguile, beguile into, bilk, bilk out of, cheat, cheat out of, delude, double-cross, dupe, flim-flam, fool, fox, lead astray, misguide, mislead, outsmart, outwit, play, play a hoax on, play a trick / tricks on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, rip off, rook, swindle, swindle out of, take, take in, trick, trick into, trick out of, bamboozle (colloquial), hoodwink (colloquial), lead up the garden path (colloquial, spéc. anglais britannique), outmaneuver (American), outmanoeuvre (British), put on the wrong track (colloquial), take for a ride (colloquial)
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Locuções
⇨ FOB (disambiguation) • FOB (play) • FOB (shipping) • FOB Carpenter • FOB Dehli • FOB Delaram • FOB Dogwood • FOB Duke • FOB Geronimo • FOB Gibraltar • FOB Hammer • FOB Iskandariyah • FOB Kalsu • FOB MacKenzie • FOB Paliwoda • FOB Q-West • FOB Robinson • FOB Salerno • Fob James • Fob James, Jr. • Fob pocket • Fob sign • Key fob
Dicionario analógico
fob
donner ou vendre qqch qu'on utilise plus (fr)[Classe]
resell[Classe]
faire passer qqch de soi à qqch ou qqn d'autre (fr)[Classe...]
sell, turn over[Hyper.]
fob (n.)
[British]
conceited, vain[CeQuiEst~]
fob (n.)
chain[Hyper.]
fob (n.)
adornment[Hyper.]
fob (n.)
vest pocket, waistcoat pocket[Hyper.]
fob (v.)
induire en erreur (fr)[Classe]
cozen, deceive, delude, lead on[Hyper.]
dodge, fast one, ruse, trick - cheating, chicane, chicanery, cunning, deceit, gaff, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile - hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - dodger, fox, slyboots - bully, cut-up, hoaxer, practical joker, prankster, tease, tormentor, tricker, trickster - bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, cheat, con, confidence game, confidence trick, con game, diddling, fleecing, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting[Dérivé]
Wikipedia
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Fob or FOB may refer to:
In fashion:
- Fob pocket, a small pocket in trousers or waistcoats originally intended to hold a pocket watch
- Key fob, a medallion used to identify a key ring, or position on the ring
- Watch fob, a medallion or ornament attached to a pocket watch to assist in handling
In medicine:
- Fecal occult blood, blood present but unseen in feces
- Follow-on biologics, a term used to describe generic biologics
In technology:
- Fixed odds betting terminal, an electromechanical gambling machine
- Foot Over Bridge, used for a footbridge at Indian railway stations
- Frequency Operated Button, or key fob, a small electronic security token
In entertainment:
- Fall Out Boy, an American rock group
- FOB (play), a 1981 play by David Henry Hwang
In military:
- Forward Operating Base, any secured forward position that is used to support tactical operations
- Fractional Orbital Bombardment, a method of nuclear weapons delivery
Other:
- Federal Office Building (disambiguation), various office buildings owned or occupied by the United States Government
- Fob, Australian slang for a person of Māori, Polynesian or Islander descent
- FOB (shipping), or Freight on Board, a term used in commercial shipping
- Fob James, former governor of Alabama
- Fresh off the boat, a slang phrase for newly arrived immigrants
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