obs
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
obs
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
obs
- Clipping of observed
Noun edit
obs (uncountable)
- (law enforcement, slang) Police observation.
- Synonym: obbo
- 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang:
- But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.
- 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills:
- Had you under obs for three weeks.
- An observation hut.
Noun edit
obs pl (plural only)
- (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
obs
See also edit
- obs and gynae (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Verb edit
obs
- Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).
Adjective edit
obs
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful
- at være obs på det
- to pay attention to it
Proper noun edit
obs
- Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction edit
obs
- Contraction of ob es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1[1], 5th edition, page 298:
- Es war einmal ein Förster, der gieng in den Wald auf die Jagd, und wie er in den Wald kam, hörte er schreien, als obs ein kleines Kind wäre, und gieng dem Schreien nach, da sah er endlich einen hohen Baum, und oben darauf saß ein kleines Kind.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
obs
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
obs (singular and plural obs)
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful
- å vera obs på det
- to be aware of it
References edit
- “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Verb edit
obs
- Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).
Anagrams edit
Volapük edit
Pronoun edit
obs
- we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)