Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dob
Participle: dobbed
Gerund: dobbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dob |
| you | dob |
| he;she;it | dobs |
| we | dob |
| you | dob |
| they | dob |
Perfect
| I | have dobbed |
| you | have dobbed |
| he;she;it | has dobbed |
| we | have dobbed |
| you | have dobbed |
| they | have dobbed |
Past
| I | dobbed |
| you | dobbed |
| he;she;it | dobbed |
| we | dobbed |
| you | dobbed |
| they | dobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dobbed |
| you | had dobbed |
| he;she;it | had dobbed |
| we | had dobbed |
| you | had dobbed |
| they | had dobbed |
Future
| I | will dob |
| you | will dob |
| he;she;it | will dob |
| we | will dob |
| you | will dob |
| they | will dob |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dobbed |
| you | will have dobbed |
| he;she;it | will have dobbed |
| we | will have dobbed |
| you | will have dobbed |
| they | will have dobbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dob |
| you | dob |
| he;she;it | dob |
| we | dob |
| you | dob |
| they | dob |
Perfect
| I | have dobbed |
| you | have dobbed |
| he;she;it | have dobbed |
| we | have dobbed |
| you | have dobbed |
| they | have dobbed |
Imperfect
| I | dobbed |
| you | dobbed |
| he;she;it | dobbed |
| we | dobbed |
| you | dobbed |
| they | dobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dobbed |
| you | had dobbed |
| he;she;it | had dobbed |
| we | had dobbed |
| you | had dobbed |
| they | had dobbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dob |
| you | would dob |
| he;she;it | would dob |
| we | would dob |
| you | would dob |
| they | would dob |
Perfect
| I | would have dobbed |
| you | would have dobbed |
| he;she;it | would have dobbed |
| we | would have dobbed |
| you | would have dobbed |
| they | would have dobbed |
Imperative
| you | dob |
| we | Let's dob |
| you | dob |
Verbs conjugated like 'dob'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dob'
bob,
cob,
dab,
dib,
do,
dod,
dog,
dom,
don,
dop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English dobben.
Sample Sentences
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Students often claimed that an act of informing was just ‘dobbing as a joke’ and therefore ‘not really dobbing’. [1983, James Macpherson, The Feral Classroom, page 107:]
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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. [2006, Ian Findley, Shared Responsibility: Beating Bullying in Australian Schools, page 67:]
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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 […] [2015 October 11, Kevin Mullan, “189 parents in dock for ‘dobbing’”, in Londonderry Sentinel:]