obs

See also: Obs

English

Alternative forms

• obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")

Etymology 1

Adjective

obs

1. Abbreviation of obsolete (as a gloss for words in dictionaries)
2. Abbreviation of observed

Noun

obs pl (plural only)

1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).

Etymology 2

Noun

obs (uncountable)

1. (slang) police observation

   Synonym: obbo

   • 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang

     But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.

   • 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills

     Had you under obs for three weeks.

Etymology 3

Noun

obs

1. plural of ob

Anagrams

• BOS, BSO, Bos., OSB, SOB, bos, sob

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔps/
• Hyphenation: obs

Etymology 1

ob +‎ es

Contraction

obs

1. Contraction of ob es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, page 298:

     Es war einmal ein Förster, der gieng in den Wald auf die Jagd, und wie er in den Wald kam, hörte er schreien, als obs ein kleines Kind wäre, und gieng dem Schreien nach, da sah er endlich einen hohen Baum, und oben darauf saß ein kleines Kind.

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

obs

1. Imperative singular of obsen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of obsen.

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Swedish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).

Anagrams

• bos

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Volapük

Pronoun

obs

1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)