rob
/ɹɔb/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
noun
A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He robbed three banks before he was caught."
- "The best way to rob a bank is to own one."
- "I never robbed the soldiers of their pay."
- "Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening."
- "Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor."
- "The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail."
Etymology
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɔb/
- British English: /ɹɒb/
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Phrases
flash rob
like robbing a baby
on the rob
rob blind
rob-dog
rob out
rob Peter to pay Paul
rob someone blind