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thobs

thobs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 thobs

What is thobs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Thobs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of thob.

Words near thobs in the dictionary

  1. thob
  2. thobbed
  3. thobbing
  4. thobe
  5. thobes
  6. thobs
  7. thock
  8. thocked
  9. thocking
  10. thocks
  11. Thode

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