Meaning of dob in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A small amount of something, especially paste.

  Example: Put a dob of butter on the potato, please.

verb

• To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

  Example: I’ll dob on you if you break in.

• To do one's share; to contribute.

  Example: We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

• To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

  Example: I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.

• To play truant

noun

• The date and year something or someone was born.

verb

• (sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.