dob
- noun
- /dɒb/
- Slang
:
soplón
- He was called a dob after telling the teacher who broke the window.
Examples
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Being labeled a dob can make it hard to make friends at school.
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No one wanted to be the dob in the group, so they kept quiet about the prank.
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Don't be such a dob!
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He is a notorious dob in our class.
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No one wanted to be the dob in the group, so they kept quiet about the prank.
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He was called a dob after telling the teacher who broke the window.
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Being labeled a dob can make it hard to make friends at school.
Synonyms
83
7.5
A person who secretly tells the police about someone else's bad actions
66
5.0
A person who tells authorities or the public about illegal actions at their workplace
How Trustworthy
- Offensive
381
3.9
- Slang
83
7.5
- Slang
165
5.6
324
6.2
996
2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dob for a person who tells an authority comes from the slang phrase dob in, used in Britain and Australia to mean 'to tell on' someone. A helpful way to remember it is that a dob is the person who 'dobs' others in to a teacher or the police, which is why a dob is an informer.