English Dictionary

dob

/dɑb/

verb

(slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, and UK) To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. / (slang, chiefly Australia) To do one's share; to contribute.

I dobbed on my friend for cheating on the test.

意味（1）

(slang, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, and UK) To report (a person) to someone in authority for a wrongdoing.

I’ll dob on you if you break in.

意味（2）

(slang, chiefly Australia) To do one's share; to contribute.

We all dobbed in for a gift when he retired.

意味（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.

意味（4）

(slang, Northern Ireland) To play truant

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 […]