Definition of "fob"

fob¹

/fɒb/

noun
plural fobs
1. A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.
  Quotations
  With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob.
  1711, Jonathan Swift, Windsor Prophecy
  As soon as they had confined my arms they left me, and remembering the bank-notes which I had in my fob, I began to fear they had come to the knowledge of this circumstance […] .
  1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, volume VII, Fragment
2. A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
3. (see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.
4. A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.

fob²

/fɒb/

verb
third-person singular simple present fobs, present participle fobbing, simple past and past participle fobbed
1. (transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
  Quotations
  I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.
  c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene ii]
2. (transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.

fob³

/fɒb/

adjective
not comparable
1. (Incoterm) Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”)