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Definition of dob verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dob

verb
 
/dɒb/
 
/dɑːb/
Word Origin1950s: figurative use of dialect dob ‘put down abruptly’, later ‘throw something at a target’.
(Australian English, New Zealand English, British English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dob
 
/dɒb/
 
/dɑːb/
he / she / it dobs
 
/dɒbz/
 
/dɑːbz/
past simple dobbed
 
/dɒbd/
 
/dɑːbd/
past participle dobbed
 
/dɒbd/
 
/dɑːbd/
-ing form dobbing
 
/ˈdɒbɪŋ/
 
/ˈdɑːbɪŋ/
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