English-Thai Dictionary
fob
N สายโซ่ นาฬิกา ที่ ผูก ติดกับ กระเป๋าเสื้อ sai-so-na-li-ka-ti-puk-tid-kab-kra-pao-suea
fob
VT หลอกลวง (คำ โบรา ณ โกง cheat deceive lok-luang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FOB
n.A little pocket for a watch.
FOB
v.t.To cheat; to trick; to impose on. To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick. [A low word. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOB
Fob, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket. ]
Defn: A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.
FOB
Fob, v.t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing. ] Etym: [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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
FOB
FOB ▶abbreviation 1 friend of Bill, a friend of Bill Clinton, esp. one of his close circle of advisers and contacts. 2 Forward Operating Base.
fob
fob 1 |fäb fɑb | ▶noun (also fob chain ) a chain attached to a watch for carrying in a waistcoat or waistband pocket. • a small ornament attached to a watch chain. • (also fob pocket ) a small pocket for carrying a watch. • a tab on a key ring. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a fob pocket in a waistband ): origin uncertain; probably related to German dialect Fuppe ‘pocket. ’
fob
fob 2 |fɑb | ▶verb ( fobs, fobbing , fobbed ) [ with obj. ] (fob someone off ) deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses or giving them something inferior: secretaries fob off most unwanted callers by saying their boss is in a meeting. • (fob something off on ) give (someone ) something inferior to or different from what they want: he fobbed off the chairmanship on Clifford. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheat out of ’): origin uncertain; perhaps related to German foppen ‘deceive, cheat, banter, ’ or to fop .
Oxford Dictionary
FOB
FOB ▶abbreviation 1 friend of Bill, a friend of Bill Clinton, esp. one of his close circle of advisers and contacts. 2 Forward Operating Base.
fob
fob 1 |fɒb | ▶noun (also fob chain ) a chain attached to a watch for carrying in a waistcoat or waistband pocket. • a small ornament attached to a watch chain. • (also fob pocket ) a small pocket for carrying a watch. • a tab on a key ring. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting a fob pocket in a waistband ): origin uncertain; probably related to German dialect Fuppe ‘pocket ’.
fob
fob 2 |fɒb | ▶verb ( fobs, fobbing, fobbed ) [ with obj. ] (fob someone off ) deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses or giving them something inferior: I was fobbed off with bland reassurances. • (fob something off on ) give (someone ) something inferior to or different from what they want: the second-rate products fobbed off on many beer-drinkers. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheat out of ’): origin uncertain; perhaps related to German foppen ‘deceive, cheat, banter ’, or to fop .
Oxford Thesaurus
fob
fob verb PHRASES fob someone off I wasn't going to be fobbed off with excuses: put off, stall, give someone the runaround, deceive; placate, appease; deter, discourage, daunt, scare off, intimidate, unnerve. fob something off on he fobbed off the chairmanship on Clifford: impose, palm off, unload, dump, get rid of, foist, offload, inflict, thrust; saddle someone with something, land someone with something, lumber someone with something, burden someone with something.
Duden Dictionary
fob
fob Abkürzung f. o. b. |f o b | Abkürzung für: free on board
French Dictionary
FOB
FOB abréviation Abréviation de free on board couramment utilisée dans le commerce international.
Sanseido Dictionary
FOB
FOB フォブ 〖 free on board 〗貿易の商品引き渡し方法の一 。商品を本船に積み込むまでの費用と危険負担を売り主が負うもの 。本船渡し 。甲板渡し 。船腹渡し 。船渡し 。 →FAS
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
FOB
FOB f.o.b.〘商 〙free on board .
fob
fob 1 /fɑb |fɔb /名詞 C 1 時計入れ小ポケット .2 懐中時計の鎖 [ひも, リボン ](fob chain ); その先に付ける飾り .～́ w à tch 懐中時計 .
fob
fob 2 動詞 ～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 他動詞 ｟古 ｠…をだます, 欺く (cheat ) (!現在では通例次の成句で ) . f ò b A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 【人に 】A 〈無価値な物 〉をつかませる «on , upon » ▸ fob off a spurious antique on A A 〈人 〉に偽の骨董 （こっとう ）品をつかませる 2 【口約束 偽物などで 】A 〈人 〉をごまかす «with » ▸ fob A off with empty promises 空約束でA 〈人 〉をごまかす 3 Aを無視する .
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