Dobber Full definition of dobber Noun (US ) A tool used to play bingo ; a dauber . (UK, derogatory ) A member of the working class in Scotland who is seen as undereducated , with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills; closely connected to chav . (Australia, UK, derogatory ) One who dob s (informs against or implicates to authority).Nikki is such a dobber , she told the teacher that I hit Karen in the playground. 1999 , William De Maria, Deadly Disclosures: Whistleblowing and the Ethical Meltdown of Australia , %22dobbers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XtdAT8X0B8eciAfd5Jm4BA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dobber%22|%22dobbers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 16 ,In awakening us to our powerlessness, whistleblowers produce all sorts of crisscrossed emotions. Should we respond to them as truth-bearing ethical citizens, or spiteful, griping dobbers ? 2010 , Lisa Heidke, What Kate Did Next , %22dobbers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XtdAT8X0B8eciAfd5Jm4BA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dobber%22|%22dobbers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 125 ,‘Not only that,’ Graeme continued, ‘but Simone′s a dobber – and no-one likes a dobber , do they, K?...’ 2011 , James Morton, Susanna Lobez, Gangland Melbourne , %22dobbers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XtdAT8X0B8eciAfd5Jm4BA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dobber%22|%22dobbers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 95 ,The question was whether the dobber had simply dobbed or whether he had planted the weapons. (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 . (British, chiefly dialect ) A large marble . (US, regional ) A float (as used by an angler ). A dabchick . © Wiktionary
