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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dob

Pronunciation:/dɒb//dɑb/

noun

Definitions

  1. A small amount of something, especially paste.

    Example: Put a dob of butter on the potato, please.

verb

Definitions

  1. To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

    Example: I’ll dob on you if you break in.

  2. To do one's share; to contribute.

    Example: We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

  3. To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

    Example: I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.

  4. To play truant

dob

Pronunciation:/dɒb//dɑb/

verb

Definitions

  1. (sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.