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/frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was FROB = a protruding arm or trunnion ; by metaphoric extension, a frob is any random small thing; an object that you can comfortably hold in one hand; something you can frob (sense 2). See frobnitz. 2. vt. Abbreviated form of frobnicate. 3. [from the MUD world] A command on some MUDs that changes a player's experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also, to request wizard privileges on the professional courtesy grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere. The command is actually frobnicate but is universally abbreviated to the shorter form.