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frobbing

frobbing is the present participle and gerund of frob.

Meaning of frob

Verb

frob (third-person singular simple present frobs, present participle frobbing, simple past and past participle frobbed)

  1. (rare, slang, transitive) To manipulate in some ill-defined way; to tweak or mess about with.
    • I sketched about 30 different versions, then scanned them in and played around until I got it right, then frobbed it with Photoshop.1995, Wayne Ause, Instant HTML Web Pages, page 29
  2. (slang, Silicon Valley) To perform a task that is clear to the speaker but too complex or tedious to be explained, so that outside help is not helpful.
    • Why don't you go get lunch? I need to frob with this thing for about 30 minutes and then we'll be good to go.
  3. To transform and obscure in a trivial fashion with memfrob(3).

See all 4 meanings of frob

Questions about frobbing

What is frobbing the present participle and gerund of?
Frobbing is the present participle and gerund of frob.

Words near frobbing in the dictionary

  1. fro-yo
  2. fro-yos
  3. froath
  4. frob
  5. frobbed
  6. frobbing
  7. Frobel
  8. Frobenioid
  9. Frobenioids
  10. Frobenius
  11. Frobenius covariant

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