dob

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dob"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒb/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɒb

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Verb

dob (third-person singular simple present dobs, present participle dobbing, simple past and past participle dobbed)

1. (slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

   I’ll dob on you if you break in.

   You dobbed me in! — I never did!

   • 1983, James Macpherson, The Feral Classroom, page 107:

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

   • 1998, Supreme Court of Victoria, Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, Victorian Reports, Volume 4, page 372,

     The deceased “dobbed” him in about drugs to police on two occasions. This resulted in police seizing some of his drugs. She “dobbed” him in because he would not give her amphetamines. He may have told people that she “dobbed” him in.

   • 2006, Ian Findley, Shared Responsibility: Beating Bullying in Australian Schools, page 67:

     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. (slang, chiefly Australia) To do one's share; to contribute.

   We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

   • 1968, Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher, Aliens in Their Land: The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story, page 80:

     He′d never take payment in cash for tracking, but when they dobbed in for presentations such as the fridge he accepted them shyly, abashedly, […] .

   • 1976, Margaret Paice, Colour in the Creek, page 53:

     The miners had all dobbed in to buy a few bottles of beer which they left in the creek overnight to cool.

3. (slang, chiefly Australia) To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.

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

   • 1977, University of British Columbia, Canadian Literature, Issues 74-77, page 108,

     Writing reviews reminds me of the time I got dobbed in to be the judge at the Poochera sheep dog trials. It′s easy they said, sinking beers in the shade of the lean-to, just watch the dog.

   • 2001, Kerreen M. Reiger, Sheila Kitzinger, Our Bodies, Our Babies: The Forgotten Women's Movement, page 153:

     Those who moved into organisational roles sometimes did it unwittingly, even unwillingly, as they were ‘dobbed’ in for tasks, succeeded and so it went on.

4. (slang, Northern Ireland) To play truant
   • 2015 October 11, Kevin Mullan, “189 parents in dock for ‘dobbing’”, in Londonderry Sentinel‎^[1]:

     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 […]

Usage notes

(all senses): Most often used with "in" or "on".

Synonyms

• (report a person): See also Thesaurus:rat out
• (play truant): See also Thesaurus:play truant

Derived terms

• dob in
• dobber

Noun

dob (plural dobs)

1. A small amount of something, especially paste.

   Put a dob of butter on the potato, please.

   • 1903, Rudyard Kipling, The Tabu Tale, in Just So Stories (in the U.S. Scribner edition, but omitted from most British editions),

     ‘Consequence will be, O Tegumai,’ said the Head Chief, ‘that we will make them understand it with sticks and stinging-nettles and dobs of mud; and if that doesn't teach them, we'll draw fine, freehand Tribal patterns on their backs with the cutty edges of mussel-shells. […] ’

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dob.

Related terms

• dab

Etymology 2

Initialism.

Noun

dob

1. Initialism of date of birth.

Alternative forms

• DOB

Etymology 3

Short for do our best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

dob (third-person singular simple present dobs, present participle dobbing, simple past and past participle dobbed)

1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.
   • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, page 54:

     I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

   • 2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits:

     Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege […]

Anagrams

• BOD, Bod, bod

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdop]
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

dob

1. genitive plural of doba

Anagrams

• bod

Hungarian

(1) csokrot dob

(2) bombát dob

(3) kockával dob

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdob]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dob
• Rhymes: -ob

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric *tᴕmpɜ- (“to throw down, to strike (with a clapping sound)”).

Verb

dob

2. (transitive, intransitive) to throw, to cast (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

   Synonyms: hajít, vet

   • 1977, Márta Nedók, “Úttörőházunk honismereti szakköre szót kér”, in Honismeret‎^[2], volume 4, number 5:

     A hátsó ember dobja a labdát, amit az ellenfélnek vissza kell ütni.

     The person in the back throws the ball, which the opponent has to hit back.

3. (transitive) to drop (to intentionally let fall, to release hold of)
   • 1931, Ernő Kulinyi, “Eszter”, in A szép királyné férje‎^[3]:

     Mikor a király eltűnt az ajtó mögött, a fényes aranyat a kútba dobta.

     When the king had disappeared behind the door, he dropped the shiny gold piece into the well.

4. (transitive, intransitive, games) to roll (to throw dice)
   • 1986, “A novajidrányi hármas szerencse”, in Észak-Magyarország‎^[4], volume 42, number 124:

     Hogyan lehet egymás után háromszor hatost dobni a kockával?

     How to roll a six with the dice three times in a row?

5. (transitive, colloquial) to dump (to end a relationship with)
   • 2015, Vicky Ebergényi, chapter 2, in Marion ​Farrington‎^[5], volume II:

     A gyönyörű pomponlány egyedül van, mert dobta a hülye pasiját [...]

     The beautiful cheerleader is alone, because she dumped her stupid boyfriend [...]

6. (transitive, computing) to throw (to send an error)
   • 2011, Gusztáv Nagy, “3.9.3 Kivételkezelés”, in Webprogramozás-alapismeretek‎^[6]:

     Ha nincs kivétel dobva, a kód normális módon fog folytatódni.

     If no exception is thrown, the code will proceed normally.

Conjugation

conjugation of dob

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobok	dobsz	dob	dobunk	dobtok	dobnak
		Def.	dobom	dobod	dobja	dobjuk	dobjátok	dobják
		2nd-p. o.	doblak	―
	Past	Indef.	dobtam	dobtál	dobott	dobtunk	dobtatok	dobtak
		Def.	dobtam	dobtad	dobta	dobtuk	dobtátok	dobták
		2nd-p. o.	dobtalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. dobni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	dobék	dobál	doba	dobánk	dobátok	dobának
		Def.	dobám	dobád	dobá	dobánk	dobátok	dobák
		2nd-p. o.	dobálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. dob vala, dobott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	dobandok	dobandasz	doband	dobandunk	dobandotok	dobandanak
		Def.	dobandom	dobandod	dobandja	dobandjuk	dobandjátok	dobandják
		2nd-p. o.	dobandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobnék	dobnál	dobna	dobnánk	dobnátok	dobnának
		Def.	dobnám	dobnád	dobná	dobnánk (or dobnók)	dobnátok	dobnák
		2nd-p. o.	dobnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dobott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobjak	dobj or dobjál	dobjon	dobjunk	dobjatok	dobjanak
		Def.	dobjam	dobd or dobjad	dobja	dobjuk	dobjátok	dobják
		2nd-p. o.	dobjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dobott légyen
Infinitive	dobni		dobnom	dobnod	dobnia	dobnunk	dobnotok	dobniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	dobás		dobó	dobott	dobandó	dobva (dobván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of dob

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobhatok	dobhatsz	dobhat	dobhatunk	dobhattok	dobhatnak
		Def.	dobhatom	dobhatod	dobhatja	dobhatjuk	dobhatjátok	dobhatják
		2nd-p. o.	dobhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	dobhattam	dobhattál	dobhatott	dobhattunk	dobhattatok	dobhattak
		Def.	dobhattam	dobhattad	dobhatta	dobhattuk	dobhattátok	dobhatták
		2nd-p. o.	dobhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	dobhaték	dobhatál	dobhata	dobhatánk	dobhatátok	dobhatának
		Def.	dobhatám	dobhatád	dobhatá	dobhatánk	dobhatátok	dobhaták
		2nd-p. o.	dobhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. dobhat vala, dobhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	dobhatandok or dobandhatok	dobhatandasz or dobandhatsz	dobhatand or dobandhat	dobhatandunk or dobandhatunk	dobhatandotok or dobandhattok	dobhatandanak or dobandhatnak
		Def.	dobhatandom or dobandhatom	dobhatandod or dobandhatod	dobhatandja or dobandhatja	dobhatandjuk or dobandhatjuk	dobhatandjátok or dobandhatjátok	dobhatandják or dobandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	dobhatandalak or dobandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobhatnék	dobhatnál	dobhatna	dobhatnánk	dobhatnátok	dobhatnának
		Def.	dobhatnám	dobhatnád	dobhatná	dobhatnánk (or dobhatnók)	dobhatnátok	dobhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	dobhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dobhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	dobhassak	dobhass or dobhassál	dobhasson	dobhassunk	dobhassatok	dobhassanak
		Def.	dobhassam	dobhasd or dobhassad	dobhassa	dobhassuk	dobhassátok	dobhassák
		2nd-p. o.	dobhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dobhatott légyen
Inf.	(dobhatni)		(dobhatnom)	(dobhatnod)	(dobhatnia)	(dobhatnunk)	(dobhatnotok)	(dobhatniuk)
Positive adjective			dobható	Neg. adj.	dobhatatlan	Adv. part.	(dobhatva / dobhatván)

Derived terms

• dobál
• dobás

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• átdob
• bedob
• beledob
• eldob
• feldob
• földob
• idedob
• kidob
• ledob
• megdob
• odadob
• rádob
• összedob
• visszadob

Expressions

• a lovak közé dobja a gyeplőt
• piacra dob

 

Etymology 2

Probably an onomatopoeia.

Noun

dob (plural dobok)

2. drum (a percussive musical instrument)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	dob	dobok
accusative	dobot	dobokat
dative	dobnak	doboknak
instrumental	dobbal	dobokkal
causal-final	dobért	dobokért
translative	dobbá	dobokká
terminative	dobig	dobokig
essive-formal	dobként	dobokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dobban	dobokban
superessive	dobon	dobokon
adessive	dobnál	doboknál
illative	dobba	dobokba
sublative	dobra	dobokra
allative	dobhoz	dobokhoz
elative	dobból	dobokból
delative	dobról	dobokról
ablative	dobtól	doboktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	dobé	doboké
non-attributive possessive - plural	dobéi	dobokéi

Possessive forms of dob
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dobom	dobjaim
2nd person sing.	dobod	dobjaid
3rd person sing.	dobja	dobjai
1st person plural	dobunk	dobjaink
2nd person plural	dobotok	dobjaitok
3rd person plural	dobjuk	dobjaik

Derived terms

• dobol
• dobos

 

Compound words

• csörgődob
• dobfelszerelés
• dobhártya
• dobverő
• üstdob

 

Further reading

• (to throw): dob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (drum): dob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dob in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Alternative forms

• dob' (superseded)

Particle

dob

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of b’

   Dob ionann cor dúinn

   We fared alike (literally, ‘The circumstance was the same for us’)

Usage notes

• This form is used before words beginning with a vowel or fh followed by a vowel.

Komo

Noun

dob

1. lion

References

• RWC Workshop (eds.). 2015. Komo – English Dictionary. SIL International.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobь.

Noun

dȏb f (Cyrillic spelling до̑б)

1. age

Declension

Declension of dob

	singular	plural
nominative	dob	dobi
genitive	dobi	dobi
dative	dobi	dobima
accusative	dob	dobi
vocative	dobi	dobi
locative	dobi	dobima
instrumental	dobi	dobima

Related terms

• kameno doba

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dóːp/

Noun

dọ̑b m inan

1. oak

   Synonym: hrást

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dób
gen. sing.	dóba
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dób	dóba	dóbi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dóba	dóbov	dóbov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dóbu	dóboma	dóbom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dób	dóba	dóbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dóbu	dóbih	dóbih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dóbom	dóboma	dóbi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dôb

1. genitive dual/plural of dóba

Further reading

• “dob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “dob”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references