Definitions for ROB

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ROB rob

Spelling: [rob]

IPA: /rɒb/

Rob is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in ROB (bor).

Definitions for ROB

noun

1. a male given name, form of Robert.

Idioms

1. rob Peter to pay Paul, to take something from one person or thing to pay one's debt or hypothetical debt to another, as to sacrifice one's health by overworking.

verb (used with object)

1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
2. to deprive (someone) of some right or something legally due:
3. to plunder or rifle (a house, shop, etc.).
4. to deprive of something unjustly or injuriously:
5. Mining. to remove ore or coal from (a pillar).

verb (used without object)

1. to commit or practice robbery.

Origin of ROB

1175-1225; Middle English robben Old French robber Germanic; compare Old High German roubōn. See reave¹

Examples for ROB

Senator rob Portman of Ohio has put together a plan that would serve well as a blueprint.

This would give his gang plenty of time to rob the bank and make their getaway.

I—I can't have you rob this house, this particular house of all the world.

But do you think I will rob my sister of her humble servant?

On enquiry, we learned these fellows had threatened to rob her shop.

Would I rob Heaven and give the praise and honour to the creature?

He went to Garson yesterday with a scheme to rob your house.

And then, the very next day, an email arrived from my English department: “rob, were you expecting a letter from the Unabomber?!”

rob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.

I was naive enough to assume that he would, at most, rob me.