[syn: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fob \Fob\ (f[o^]b), n. [Cf. Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]
1. A little pocket for a watch; -- callled also a watch
pocket.
[1913 Webster]
2. a short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch,
usually worn hanging out of the watch pocket, and used to
conveniently remove the watch from the watch pocket.
[PJC]
Fob chain, a short watch chain worn with a watch carried in
the fob; a fob[2].
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fob \Fob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fob
n 1: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch [syn: fob, watch
pocket]
2: an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
3: short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's
vest [syn: fob, watch chain, watch guard]
v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking
that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam,
play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "fob":
anklet, armlet, bag, balloon, bangle, beads, bijou, bladder,
bracelet, breastpin, brooch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine,
circle, coronet, crown, diadem, earring, gem, jewel, locket,
necklace, nose ring, pin, pocket, poke, precious stone, rhinestone,
ring, sac, sack, stickpin, stone, tiara, torque, wampum, wristband,
wristlet