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fobbit

fobbit noun: a soldier who avoids combat by staying within the confines of a military base.

Noun (1)

fobbit (plural fobbits)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) A soldier who avoids combat by staying within the confines of a military base.

Noun (2) capitalized: FOBbit

FOBbit (plural FOBbits)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of fobbit.

Noun (3) capitalized: Fobbit

Fobbit (plural Fobbits)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of fobbit.

Forms of fobbit

pluralfobbits
alternative formFOBbit
alternative formFobbit
pluralFOBbits
pluralFobbits

Origin of fobbit

A blend of FOB + hobbit.

Questions about fobbit

What does fobbit mean?
Fobbit means a soldier who avoids combat by staying within the confines of a military base.
What part of speech is fobbit?
Fobbit is a noun.
What is the plural of fobbit?
The plural of fobbit is fobbits.

Words near fobbit in the dictionary

  1. fob watch
  2. fobbed
  3. fobbed off
  4. fobbing
  5. fobbing off
  6. fobbit
  7. fobbits
  8. Fobbs
  9. Fobbses
  10. fobby
  11. FOBO

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fobbit (page history and authors); FOBbit (page history and authors); Fobbit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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