# dob

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɑb/ · frequency rank #44,170

## Definitions
1. To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.)
2. To play truant.

## Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English dobben.

## Easily confused with
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dr)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-ds)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dq)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-due)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dog)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dry)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-don)
- **doc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-doc)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-duo)
- **dot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dot)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dug)
- **doe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-doe)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dob-vs-dye)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dob