fob
1 /fɒb/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fob] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a small pocket just below the waistline in trousers for a watch, keys, change, etc. Compare watch pocket.
2. a short chain or ribbon, usually with a medallion or similar ornament, attached to a watch and worn hanging from a pocket.
3. the medallion or ornament itself.
Origin:
1645–55; orig. uncert.; cf. G dial. Fuppe pocket
fob
2 /fɒb/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fob] Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), fobbed, fob⋅bing.
1. Archaic. to cheat; deceive.
—Verb phrase
2. fob off,
a. to cheat someone by substituting something spurious or inferior; palm off (often fol. by on): He tried to fob off an inferior brand on us.
b. to put (someone) off by deception or trickery: She fobbed us off with false promises.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME fobben; c. G foppen to delude; cf. fob 1