fob
The definition of a fob is a watch chain, an ornament attached to a watch or key chain, or a pocket for your watch.
(noun)The ornament on the end of a pocket watch chain is an example of a fob.
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See fob in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a small pocket in the front of a pair of trousers, for carrying a watch, etc.; watch pocket
- ☆ a short ribbon or chain attached to a watch and hanging out of such a pocket
- ☆ any ornament worn at the end of such a ribbon or chain
Origin: prob. < dial. Ger fuppe, a pocket
or fob
free on board
See fob in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
- a. A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.b. An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.
Origin:
Origin: Probably akin to Low German Fobke, small pocket
.transitive verb fobbed fobbed, fob·bing, fobs
Archaic
To cheat or deceive (another).
Phrasal Verb: fob off To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. To put off or appease by deceitful or evasive means: needed help but was fobbed off with promises.Origin:
Origin: Middle English fobben
Origin: , probably from fob, trickster
. abbreviation
free on board
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