From en.wiktionary.org:
[Appendix:Variations of "dob"]
** Translingual
*** Symbol
[mul-symbol]
1. [3]
*** See also
- [dob]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1983 | author=James Macpherson | title=The Feral Classroom | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=UfQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA107&dq=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=iKS7TpHOKImYmQW_s93xBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=107
|passage=Students often claimed that an act of informing was just ‘ DOBBING as
a joke’ and therefore ‘not really DOBBING’.}}
1. * 1998 , 吴语: Supreme Court of Victoria , Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, _Victorian Reports_ , Volume 4, page 372 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ceY_AQAAIAAJ&q=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22+-intitle:%22%22&dq=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=7sK7TrPeEqXXmAXxx6iZCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y) ,
2. *: The deceased “ DOBBED ” him in about drugs to police on two occasions. This resulted in police seizing some of his drugs. She “ DOBBED ” him in because he would not give her amphetamines. He may have told people that she “ DOBBED ” him in.
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=Ian Findley | title=Shared Responsibility: Beating Bullying in Australian Schools | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qUfKVtVIR3cC&pg=PA67&dq=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=QsC7TqiZEuqimQXuuLSJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dobs%7Cdobbed%7Cdobbing%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=67
|passage=Alex was concerned that if others thought he had DOBBED, things would
get even worse for him. DOBBING was the worst thing a student could do.}}
1. [en] To do one's share; to contribute.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1968 | author=Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher | title=Aliens in Their Land: The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=S_QmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&dq=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2LhAT7yqIe_JmQXc4vmvBw&redir_esc=y | page=80
|passage=He′d never take payment in cash for tracking, but when they DOBBED in
for presentations such as the fridge he accepted them shyly,
abashedly,[...].}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1976 | author=Margaret Paice | title=Colour in the Creek | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A86OtWdt2pIC&q=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&dq=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2LhAT7yqIe_JmQXc4vmvBw&redir_esc=y | page=53
|passage=The miners had all DOBBED in to buy a few bottles of beer which they
left in the creek overnight to cool.}}
1. [en] To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
2. * 1977 , 吴语: University of British Columbia , _Canadian Literature_ , Issues 74-77, |dobbed+in+for | to%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&dq=%22dobbing | dobbed+in+for | to%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2LhAT7yqIe_JmQXc4vmvBw&redir_esc=y page 108 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fjUzAAAAIAAJ&q=%22dobbing) ,
3. *: Writing reviews reminds me of the time I got DOBBED in to be the judge at the Poochera sheep dog trials. It′s easy they said, sinking beers in the shade of the lean-to, just watch the dog.
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2001 | author=Kerreen M. Reiger; Sheila Kitzinger | title=Our Bodies, Our Babies: The Forgotten Women's Movement | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ggbbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&dq=%22dobbing%7Cdobbed+in+for%7Cto%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22dobbing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xsNAT83EKMXAmQWanbXWBw&redir_esc=y | page=153
|passage=Those who moved into organisational roles sometimes did it
unwittingly, even unwillingly, as they were ‘ DOBBED’ in for tasks, succeeded
and so it went on.}}
1. [en] To play truant
2. * {{ quote-journal
|en |date=2015-10-11 |author=Kevin Mullan |title=189 parents in dock for ‘
DOBBING’ |journal=Londonderry Sentinel
|url=https://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/189-parents-in-dock-for-dobbing-1-6995755
|passage=Parents were taken to court 189 times in the Western region over the
past five years because their children were ‘ DOBBING’ school.¶ The Education
Minister John O’Dowd revealed the number of parents taken to court due to
children being absent from school [...] }}
***** Usage notes
[all senses] Most often used with "in" or "on".
***** Synonyms
- [report a person] See also Thesaurus:rat out
- [play truant] See also Thesaurus:play truant
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A small amount of something, especially paste.
2. * 1903 , 吴语: Rudyard Kipling , _Basa Sunda: The Tabu Tale_ , in _吴语: Just So Stories_ (in the U.S. Scribner edition, but omitted from most British editions),
3. *: ‘Consequence will be, O Tegumai,’ said the Head Chief, ‘that we will make them understand it with sticks and stinging-nettles and DOBS of mud; and if _that_ doesn't teach them, we'll draw fine, freehand Tribal patterns on their backs with the cutty edges of mussel-shells. [...] ’
***** Quotations
- [en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
Initialism.
**** Noun
[en]
1. [en] .
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology 3
Short for _do our best_. _[en]_ (or _[en] )_ and _dob_ were used as
abbreviated forms of _do your best_ and _do our best_ in certain Scout chants.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] In the scouting movement, to chant _dob_ to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2009 | author=Clive James | title=Unreliable Memoirs | page=54
|passage=I used to get through the dibbing and DOBBING all right but during
the howling I usually rolled over backwards.}}
1. * [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
*** Noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
*** Anagrams
- [cs]
** Hungarian
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Etymology 1
From [hu].[1]
**** Verb
[hu-verb]
1. [hu] [hu] to throw , to cast [to cause an object to move rapidly through the air]
2. * {{ quote-journal
|hu |year=1977 |author=Márta Nedók |title=Úttörőházunk honismereti szakköre
szót kér |journal=Honismeret
|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/03000/03018/00018/pdf/EPA03018_honismeret_1977_05_048-049.pdf
|volume=4 |issue=5 |passage=A hátsó ember DOBJA a labdát, amit az ellenfélnek
vissza kell ütni. |translation=The person in the back THROWS the ball, which
the opponent has to hit back.}}
1. [hu] to drop [to intentionally let fall, to release hold of]
2. * {{ quote-book
|hu |year=1931 |author=Ernő Kulinyi |chapter=Eszter |title=A szép királyné
férje |url=https://mek.oszk.hu/14900/14922/14922.htm |passage=Mikor a király
eltűnt az ajtó mögött, a fényes aranyat a kútba DOBTA. |translation=When the
king had disappeared behind the door, he DROPPED the shiny gold piece into the
well.}}
1. [hu] to roll [to throw dice]
2. * {{ quote-journal
|hu |year=1986 |title=A novajidrányi hármas szerencse
|journal=Észak-Magyarország
|url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/view/EszakMagyarorszag_1986_05/?pg=210&layout=s&query=%22Hogyan%20lehet%20egym%C3%A1s%20ut%C3%A1n%20h%C3%A1romszor%20hatost%20dobni%20a%20kock%C3%A1val%3F%22
|volume=42 |issue=124 |passage=Hogyan lehet egymás után háromszor hatost DOBNI
a kockával? |translation=How to ROLL a six with the dice three times in a
row?}}
1. [hu] to dump [to end a relationship with]
2. * {{ quote-book
|hu |year=2015 |author=Vicky Ebergényi |chapter=2 |title=Marion Farrington
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpSlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&dq=%22A+gy%C3%B6ny%C3%B6r%C5%B1+pompon+l%C3%A1ny+egyed%C3%BCl+van,+mert+dobta+a+h%C3%BClye+pasij%C3%A1t%22
|volume=II |passage=A gyönyörű pomponlány egyedül van, mert DOBTA a hülye
pasiját [...] |translation=The beautiful cheerleader is alone, because she
DUMPED her stupid boyfriend [...]}}
1. [hu] to throw [to send an error]
2. * {{ quote-book
|hu |year=2011 |author=Gusztáv Nagy |chapter=3.9.3 Kivételkezelés
|title=Webprogramozás-alapismeretek
|url=http://mek.oszk.hu/09700/09713/09713.pdf |passage=Ha nincs kivétel DOBVA,
a kód normális módon fog folytatódni. |translation=If no exception is THROWN,
the code will proceed normally.}}
***** Conjugation
[d]
***** Derived terms
{{col4|hu |dobál |dobás |dobós }} [dob] {{col3|hu|title=Expressions |piacra
dob |a lovak közé dobja a gyeplőt }}
*** Etymology 2
Probably an onomatopoeia.[2] [hu]
**** Noun
[ok]
1. [hu] drum [a percussive musical instrument]
***** Declension
[dobo][dob]
***** Derived terms
{{col4|hu |dobol |dobos }} {{col4|hu|title=Compound words |csörgődob
|dobfelszerelés |dobhártya |dobverő |üstdob }}
*** References
References:
[1]. [1866]
[2]. [R:Zaicz 2006]
*** Further reading
- [1]
- [1]
- [R:Nagyszotar]
[hu] [hu]
** Irish
*** Alternative forms
- [ga]
*** Particle
[ga]
1. [ga] [ga]
**** Usage notes
- This form is used before words beginning with a vowel or FH followed by a vowel.
** Komo
*** Noun
[xom]
1. lion
*** References
- RWC Workshop (eds.). 2015. Komo – English Dictionary. SIL International.
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology
[sh].
*** Noun
[dȏb]
1. age
**** Declension
{{sh-decl-noun |dob|dobi |dobi|dobi |dobi|dobima |dob|dobi |dobi|dobi
|dobi|dobima |dobi|dobima }}
**** Related terms
- [sh]
[sh]
** Slovene
*** Etymology 1
From [sl].
**** Pronunciation
- [dọ̑b]
**** Noun
[dọ̑b]
1. oak
***** Declension
[dób]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Noun
[sl]
1. [sl]
*** Further reading
[R:sl:FR]
[sl]