FOB

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.

   “With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob.”

2. isim A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
3. isim A small ornament attached to such a chain.

   “fob seal”

4. isim A hand-held electronic device that can be used as a remote control or as a key to unlock motor cars, doors, etc., and thus, modern car keys.
5. fiil To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.

   “I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.”

6. fiil To beat; to maul.
7. sıfat Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”).
8. sıfat Initialism of free on board.
9. sıfat Initialism of fresh off the boat.

   “All I knew was, the three-year gap made the difference between passing as American and being exposed as FOB.”

10. isim Initialism of forward operating base.
11. isim Initialism of flash of brilliance.
12. isim Initialism of freedom of belief.
13. isim Initialism of friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton.

    “It seemed at times that everyone was an FOB — everyone, that is, who'd emerged from the ivyest groves of academia […]”

14. isim Initialism of foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass.
15. isim Initialism of fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant.

    “Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them.”

16. isim Abbreviation of fecal occult blood.
17. özel isim Initialism of Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago.