Dobber

Quick meaning: Dobber is a noun meaning (Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).

Meaning

(Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).

More Meanings

1. (British, Ireland, chiefly dialect) A large marble.
2. (US, regional) A float (as used by an angler).
3. (US, regional, by extension, figurative) Spirit, pluck, self-esteem.
4. A dabchick.
5. (UK, derogatory) A member of the working class in Scotland or Ireland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills.
6. (British, informal) Any small electronic device that plugs directly into a larger one, such as a wireless scoring system in fencing or a USB mass storage device.
7. Alternative form of dauber (“marker pen used for bingo cards”).

Example Sentences

Nikki is such a dobber, she told the teacher that I hit Karen in the playground.

The question was whether the dobber had simply dobbed or whether he had planted the weapons.

‘Not only that,’ Graeme continued, ‘but Simone′s a dobber – and no-one likes a dobber, do they, K?[…]’

Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dobber or a betting pencil?

Word Forms

• dobbers

Synonyms for dobber

Depending on context, synonyms include snitcher, tattletale, bobber, anaconda, banana, birdie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chav, townie, knacker, scobe, gegger, scrag.

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