Pronunciation : Fob
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf.Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
Definition : Defn: A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Fob
Part of Speech : v.t.
Etymology : [Cf.Fop.]
Definition : 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.
[imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913