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obbo

obbo noun: police observation.

Noun

obbo (countable and uncountable, plural obbos)

  1. (slang) police observation
    • Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark.2013, Ross Bradshaw, Crime
    • If we'd known about that two or three weeks ago, had him under obbo – assuming we could afford that – we could be looking at a serious result by now.2017, Phil Rickman, All of a Winter's Night
    Synonyms:
    obs

Verb

obbo (third-person singular simple present obbos, present participle obboing, simple past and past participle obboed)

  1. To keep under police observation.
    • Feds on the set, trynna obbo my gang
      Paigons chattin', it ain't harmin' us2019 September 26, Richi of MaliStrip, “Lines Banging” (2:52–2:57 from the start)

Synonyms of obbo

Forms of obbo

Noun
pluralobbos
Verb
third-person singular presentobbos
present participleobboing
past participleobboed
pastobboed

Origin of obbo

Shortened from observation + -o.

Questions about obbo

What does obbo mean?
Obbo means police observation.
What part of speech is obbo?
Obbo can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of obbo?
The plural of obbo is obbos.

Words near obbo in the dictionary

  1. Obbenites
  2. obbies
  3. obbligati
  4. obbligato
  5. obbligatos
  6. obbo
  7. obbos
  8. Obbrussel
  9. obby
  10. obbys
  11. OBC

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