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obby

UK/ˈɒb.iː/US/ˈɑb.i/

obby noun: an obstacle course.

Noun (1)

obby (plural obbies or obbys)

  1. (informal) An obstacle course.
    • This obby is going to be a dungeon-style theme. Players will have to run down long corridors, avoid traps, make death-defying leaps, and run along cobblestone mazes. […] TRUST ME, YOU SHOULD MAKE OBBYS MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE.2019, Heath Haskins, “Let’s Make a Game”, in The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide, Avon, Mass.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part 3 (Expert Mode), pages 167 and 190
    • Obstacle games can have potential for massive visits if it is a great obby.2019 July 2, Ro Books, “Obbies”, in Roblox Guide to Success and Dominating the World of Roblox, [Booksmango], →ISBN, page 12

Noun (2)

obby (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Obsidian.
    • Capes ............. Obsidian (Obby) Capes, Spotted Capes, Spottier Capes.2007 July 5, eyshod [pseudonym], “runescape money,runescape,runescape gold”, in alt.games (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025
    • Runescape^([sic]) Obby Mauler Guide […] Runescape Obby Maul Pure Guide2009 September 11, Tonia Martinez, “>>>> RUNESCAPE GUIDE <<<<”, in rec.arts.movies.past-films (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025

Noun (3)

obby (uncountable)

  1. (informal, rare) A hobby horse.

Examples of obby in a sentence

  • These games are usually called “obby” by Roblox players.2020 July 20, Josh Gregory, “Running and Jumping”, in Games and Genres in Roblox (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Unofficial Guides...
  • The saga continues for Liz as she faces one obby after another.2021 April 13, Sara Coleman, 101 Unofficial Roblox Story Starters: Get Kids Writing with Fun and Imaginative Video Game-Inspired Prompts...
  • Many of them are just making simple obbys for fun – there are over 40 million games, which means a lot of people have only made one or two games!2023 February 7, Dynamo [pseudonym], “Future Blox”, in Roblox: Create and Conquer!, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic, →ISBN, page 16:
  • In a way, I owe at least part of how my career has shaped up to trimmed rune and obby capes.2021 January 4, Cian Maher, “Runescape^([sic]) Is 20 Years Old Today - Here's How I Started A Pyramid Scheme When I Was Nine”, in TheGamer...

Forms of obby

pluralobbies
pluralobbys

Origin of obby

Clipping of obstacle course + -y.

Clipping of obsidian + -y.

Clipping of hobby horse.

Questions about obby

What does obby mean?
Obby means an obstacle course.
How do you use obby in a sentence?
These games are usually called “obby” by Roblox players.
What part of speech is obby?
Obby is a noun.
How do you pronounce obby?
Obby is pronounced /ˈɒb.iː/ (UK).
What is the plural of obby?
The plural of obby is obbies.

Words near obby in the dictionary

  1. obbligato
  2. obbligatos
  3. obbo
  4. obbos
  5. Obbrussel
  6. obby
  7. obbys
  8. OBC
  9. obcell
  10. obcells
  11. obclavate

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