Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frob
Participle: frobbed
Gerund: frobbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | frob |
| you | frob |
| he;she;it | frobs |
| we | frob |
| you | frob |
| they | frob |
Perfect
| I | have frobbed |
| you | have frobbed |
| he;she;it | has frobbed |
| we | have frobbed |
| you | have frobbed |
| they | have frobbed |
Past
| I | frobbed |
| you | frobbed |
| he;she;it | frobbed |
| we | frobbed |
| you | frobbed |
| they | frobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had frobbed |
| you | had frobbed |
| he;she;it | had frobbed |
| we | had frobbed |
| you | had frobbed |
| they | had frobbed |
Future
| I | will frob |
| you | will frob |
| he;she;it | will frob |
| we | will frob |
| you | will frob |
| they | will frob |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frobbed |
| you | will have frobbed |
| he;she;it | will have frobbed |
| we | will have frobbed |
| you | will have frobbed |
| they | will have frobbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frob |
| you | frob |
| he;she;it | frob |
| we | frob |
| you | frob |
| they | frob |
Perfect
| I | have frobbed |
| you | have frobbed |
| he;she;it | have frobbed |
| we | have frobbed |
| you | have frobbed |
| they | have frobbed |
Imperfect
| I | frobbed |
| you | frobbed |
| he;she;it | frobbed |
| we | frobbed |
| you | frobbed |
| they | frobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had frobbed |
| you | had frobbed |
| he;she;it | had frobbed |
| we | had frobbed |
| you | had frobbed |
| they | had frobbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frob |
| you | would frob |
| he;she;it | would frob |
| we | would frob |
| you | would frob |
| they | would frob |
Perfect
| I | would have frobbed |
| you | would have frobbed |
| he;she;it | would have frobbed |
| we | would have frobbed |
| you | would have frobbed |
| they | would have frobbed |
Imperative
| you | frob |
| we | Let's frob |
| you | frob |
Verbs conjugated like 'frob'
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 'frob'
brob,
flob,
fob,
frab,
frog,
frot,
rob,
arb,
berob,
blob,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Clipping of frobnicate, from frobnitz, coined circa 1958 by David R. Sawyer of the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC). Year of origin uncertain, and could be 1958–1981: frob is not listed in the TMRC dictionaries of 1959 or 1960, and is first listed in the Jargon File (1981 edition), so it may date from the 1960s or 1970s. Possibly variant of or influenced by frotsus (“a protruding arm or trunnion”), which is listed in TMRC 1959 and 1960.
Sample Sentences
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I sketched about 30 different versions, then scanned them in and played around until I got it right, then frobbed it with Photoshop. [1995, Wayne Ause, Instant HTML Web Pages, page 29:]
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Why don't you go get lunch? I need to frob with this thing for about 30 minutes and then we'll be good to go.