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fobs

fobs is the plural of fob.

Meaning of fob

Noun

fob (plural fobs)

  1. A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.
    • With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob.1711, Jonathan Swift, Windsor Prophecy
  2. A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
  3. A small ornament attached to such a chain.
    • fob seal
  4. (modern usage) A hand-held electronic device that can be used as a remote control or as a key to unlock motor cars, doors, etc., and thus, modern car keys.

See all 6 meanings of fob

Noun (1) capitalized: FOBS

FOBS

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, historical) Acronym of fractional orbit bombardment system.

Noun (2) capitalized: FOBs

FOBs

  1. (plural) plural of FOB

Phrases with fobs

Questions about fobs

What is fobs the plural of?
Fobs is the plural of fob.
What part of speech is fobs?
Fobs is a noun.

Words near fobs in the dictionary

  1. fobbits
  2. Fobbs
  3. Fobbses
  4. fobby
  5. FOBO
  6. fobs
  7. fobs off
  8. FOBT
  9. FOBTs
  10. FOBulous
  11. FOC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fobs (page history and authors); FOBS (page history and authors); FOBs (page history and authors); fob (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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