dob

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain.

Verb

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dob (third-person singular simple present dobs, present participle dobbing, simple past and past participle dobbed)

  1. (slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.
    I’ll dob on you if you break in.
    You dobbed me in! — I never did!
    • 1983, James Macpherson, The Feral Classroom, page 107:
      Students often claimed that an act of informing was just ‘dobbing as a joke’ and therefore ‘not really dobbing’.
    • 1998, Supreme Court of Victoria, Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, Victorian Reports, Volume 4, page 372,
      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.
    • 2006, Ian Findley, Shared Responsibility: Beating Bullying in Australian Schools, page 67:
      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.
  2. (slang, chiefly Australia) To do one's share; to contribute.
    We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.
    • 1968, Louise Elizabeth Rorabacher, Aliens in Their Land: The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story, page 80:
      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, […] .
    • 1976, Margaret Paice, Colour in the Creek, page 53:
      The miners had all dobbed in to buy a few bottles of beer which they left in the creek overnight to cool.
  3. (slang, chiefly Australia) To nominate a person, often in their absence, for an unpleasant task.
    I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.
    • 1977, University of British Columbia, Canadian Literature, Issues 74-77, page 108,
      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.
    • 2001, Kerreen M. Reiger, Sheila Kitzinger, Our Bodies, Our Babies: The Forgotten Women's Movement, page 153:
      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.
  4. (slang, Northern Ireland) To play truant
    • 2015 October 11, Kevin Mullan, “189 parents in dock for ‘dobbing’”, in Londonderry Sentinel‎[1]:
      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
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(all senses): Most often used with "in" or "on".

Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Noun

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dob (plural dobs)

  1. A small amount of something, especially paste.
    Put a dob of butter on the potato, please.
    • 1903, Rudyard Kipling, The Tabu Tale, in Just So Stories (in the U.S. Scribner edition, but omitted from most British editions),
      ‘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
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Etymology 2

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Initialism.

Noun

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dob

  1. Initialism of date of birth.
Alternative forms
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Etymology 3

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Short for do our best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.

Verb

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dob (third-person singular simple present dobs, present participle dobbing, simple past and past participle dobbed)

  1. (intransitive, sometimes humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dob to indicate that one will do one's best to follow the scouting laws.
    • 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, page 54:
      I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.
    • 2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits:
      Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege […]

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dob

  1. genitive plural of doba

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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(1) csokrot dob
(2) bombát dob
(3) kockával dob

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Ugric *tᴕmpɜ- (“to throw down, to strike (with a clapping sound)”).[1]

Verb

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dob

  2. (transitive, intransitive) to throw, to cast (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
    Synonyms: hajít, vet
    • 1977, Márta Nedók, “Úttörőházunk honismereti szakköre szót kér”, in Honismeret‎[2], volume 4, number 5:
      A hátsó ember dobja a labdát, amit az ellenfélnek vissza kell ütni.
      The person in the back throws the ball, which the opponent has to hit back.
  3. (transitive) to drop (to intentionally let fall, to release hold of)
    • 1931, Ernő Kulinyi, “Eszter”, in A szép királyné férje‎[3]:
      Mikor a király eltűnt az ajtó mögött, a fényes aranyat a kútba dobta.
      When the king had disappeared behind the door, he dropped the shiny gold piece into the well.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, games) to roll (to throw dice)
    • 1986, “A novajidrányi hármas szerencse”, in Észak-Magyarország‎[4], volume 42, number 124:
      Hogyan lehet egymás után háromszor hatost dobni a kockával?
      How to roll a six with the dice three times in a row?
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to dump (to end a relationship with)
    • 2015, Vicky Ebergényi, chapter 2, in Marion ​Farrington‎[5], volume II:
      A gyönyörű pomponlány egyedül van, mert dobta a hülye pasiját [...]
      The beautiful cheerleader is alone, because she dumped her stupid boyfriend [...]
  6. (transitive, computing) to throw (to send an error)
    • 2011, Gusztáv Nagy, “3.9.3 Kivételkezelés”, in Webprogramozás-alapismeretek‎[6]:
      Ha nincs kivétel dobva, a kód normális módon fog folytatódni.
      If no exception is thrown, the code will proceed normally.
Conjugation
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conjugation of dob
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobok dobsz dob dobunk dobtok dobnak
Def. dobom dobod dobja dobjuk dobjátok dobják
2nd-p. o. doblak ―
Past Indef. dobtam dobtál dobott dobtunk dobtatok dobtak
Def. dobtam dobtad dobta dobtuk dobtátok dobták
2nd-p. o. dobtalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. dobni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. dobék dobál doba dobánk dobátok dobának
Def. dobám dobád dobá dobánk dobátok dobák
2nd-p. o. dobálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. dob vala, dobott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. dobandok dobandasz doband dobandunk dobandotok dobandanak
Def. dobandom dobandod dobandja dobandjuk dobandjátok dobandják
2nd-p. o. dobandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobnék dobnál dobna dobnánk dobnátok dobnának
Def. dobnám dobnád dobná dobnánk
(or dobnók) 		dobnátok dobnák
2nd-p. o. dobnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dobott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobjak dobj or
dobjál 		dobjon dobjunk dobjatok dobjanak
Def. dobjam dobd or
dobjad 		dobja dobjuk dobjátok dobják
2nd-p. o. dobjalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dobott légyen
Infinitive dobni dobnom dobnod dobnia dobnunk dobnotok dobniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
dobás dobó dobott dobandó dobva (dobván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of dob
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobhatok dobhatsz dobhat dobhatunk dobhattok dobhatnak
Def. dobhatom dobhatod dobhatja dobhatjuk dobhatjátok dobhatják
2nd-p. o. dobhatlak ―
Past Indef. dobhattam dobhattál dobhatott dobhattunk dobhattatok dobhattak
Def. dobhattam dobhattad dobhatta dobhattuk dobhattátok dobhatták
2nd-p. o. dobhattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. dobhaték dobhatál dobhata dobhatánk dobhatátok dobhatának
Def. dobhatám dobhatád dobhatá dobhatánk dobhatátok dobhaták
2nd-p. o. dobhatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. dobhat vala, dobhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. dobhatandok
or dobandhatok 		dobhatandasz
or dobandhatsz 		dobhatand
or dobandhat 		dobhatandunk
or dobandhatunk 		dobhatandotok
or dobandhattok 		dobhatandanak
or dobandhatnak
Def. dobhatandom
or dobandhatom 		dobhatandod
or dobandhatod 		dobhatandja
or dobandhatja 		dobhatandjuk
or dobandhatjuk 		dobhatandjátok
or dobandhatjátok 		dobhatandják
or dobandhatják
2nd-p. o. dobhatandalak
or dobandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobhatnék dobhatnál dobhatna dobhatnánk dobhatnátok dobhatnának
Def. dobhatnám dobhatnád dobhatná dobhatnánk
(or dobhatnók) 		dobhatnátok dobhatnák
2nd-p. o. dobhatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. dobhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. dobhassak dobhass or
dobhassál 		dobhasson dobhassunk dobhassatok dobhassanak
Def. dobhassam dobhasd or
dobhassad 		dobhassa dobhassuk dobhassátok dobhassák
2nd-p. o. dobhassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. dobhatott légyen
Inf. (dobhatni) (dobhatnom) (dobhatnod) (dobhatnia) (dobhatnunk) (dobhatnotok) (dobhatniuk)
Positive adjective dobható Neg. adj. dobhatatlan Adv. part. (dobhatva / dobhatván)
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Expressions

Etymology 2

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Probably an onomatopoeia.[2]

Noun

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dob (plural dobok)

  2. drum (a percussive musical instrument)
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dob dobok
accusative dobot dobokat
dative dobnak doboknak
instrumental dobbal dobokkal
causal-final dobért dobokért
translative dobbá dobokká
terminative dobig dobokig
essive-formal dobként dobokként
essive-modal — —
inessive dobban dobokban
superessive dobon dobokon
adessive dobnál doboknál
illative dobba dobokba
sublative dobra dobokra
allative dobhoz dobokhoz
elative dobból dobokból
delative dobról dobokról
ablative dobtól doboktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		dobé doboké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		dobéi dobokéi
Possessive forms of dob
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dobom dobjaim
2nd person sing. dobod dobjaid
3rd person sing. dobja dobjai
1st person plural dobunk dobjaink
2nd person plural dobotok dobjaitok
3rd person plural dobjuk dobjaik
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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ Entry #1866 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ dob in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • (to throw): dob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (drum): dob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • dob in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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Alternative forms

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Particle

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dob

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of b’
    Dob ionann cor dúinn
    We fared alike (literally, ‘The circumstance was the same for us’)

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  • This form is used before words beginning with a vowel or fh followed by a vowel.

Komo

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Noun

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dob

  1. lion

References

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  • RWC Workshop (eds.). 2015. Komo – English Dictionary. SIL International.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobь.

Noun

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dȏb f (Cyrillic spelling до̑б)

  1. age

Declension

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Declension of dob
singular plural
nominative dob dobi
genitive dobi dobi
dative dobi dobima
accusative dob dobi
vocative dobi dobi
locative dobi dobima
instrumental dobi dobima
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Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ.

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Noun

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dọ̑b m inan

  1. oak
    Synonym: hrást
Inflection
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. dób
gen. sing. dóba
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dób dóba dóbi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		dóba dóbov dóbov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		dóbu dóboma dóbom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dób dóba dóbe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		dóbu dóbih dóbih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		dóbom dóboma dóbi

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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dôb

  1. genitive dual/plural of dóba

Further reading

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  • “dob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “dob”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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