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thobbed

thobbed is the simple past and past participle of thob.

Meaning of thob

Verb

thob (third-person singular simple present thobs, present participle thobbing, simple past and past participle thobbed)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To engage in wishful thinking; to believe something regardless of evidence because it aligns with one's opinion; to rationalize.
    • Oh, there's no possible way of distinguishing the ideas. Everything depends on how you regard them. If you dearly love a theory, you are thobbing. If you are curious about it, you are not thobbing.1926, Henshaw Ward, “Studio Lecture”, in Thobbing: A Seat at the Circus of the Intellect, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 12
    Synonyms:
    wishcast

Questions about thobbed

What is thobbed the simple past and past participle of?
Thobbed is the simple past and past participle of thob.

Words near thobbed in the dictionary

  1. tho'ts
  2. Tho.
  3. thoa
  4. thoan
  5. thob
  6. thobbed
  7. thobbing
  8. thobe
  9. thobes
  10. thobs
  11. thock

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