dob

UK /dɑb/ US /dɑb/
noun 6verb 3name 2

Definitions

noun

1

Initialism of date of birth.

2

Initialism of degree of bending.

name

1

Initialism of Daughters of Bilitis The first organized and successful lesbian liberation organization in the United States.

2

Initialism of 2 or 5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine A psychedelic drug similar to 2C-B.

verb

1

To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.)

Students often claimed that an act of informing was just ‘dobbing as a joke’ and therefore ‘not really dobbing’.

Alex was concerned that if others thought he had dobbed, things would get even worse for him. Dobbing was the worst thing a student could do.

2

To play truant.

Parents were taken to court 189 times in the Western region over the past five years because their children were ‘dobbing’ school.¶ The Education Minister John O’Dowd revealed the number of parents taken to court due to children being absent from school […]

Your note

not saved
0 chars