Thesaurus: fob

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1. n. A little pocket for a watch.
2. v.t. To beat; to maul.
3. v.t. To cheat; to trick; to impose on.
4. n. a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
5. n. an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
6. n. short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
7. v. deceive somebody
8. A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob. 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.
9. A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chainworn a watch carried in the fob.
10. v:26/n:74 n. a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch n. an adornment that hangs from a watch chain n. short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest