Definition

1. Noun:
   • A short straight stick of wood: A "stob" is a small, pointed piece of wood, often used as a stake, peg, or a simple pointed object.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He used a sharpened stob to mark the corner of the garden plot.
  • The old fence was held up by a few weathered stobs driven into the ground.

Advanced Usage

• Regional/Dialectal Use: The word "stob" is more common in certain regional dialects, particularly in Scotland and parts of the Southern United States, where it can also refer to a tree stump or a short post.
  • In the clearing, only a few pine stobs remained where the trees had been cut.

Variants and Related Words

• Stob (verb, dialectal): To stab or pierce with a pointed object.
  • He threatened to stob the apple with his pocket knife.
• Stob-like (adjective): Resembling a short, pointed stick.
  • The broken branch had a stob-like end.

Synonyms

• Stake: A stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground.
• Peg: A short pin or bolt, typically tapered.
• Spike: A thin, pointed piece of metal or wood.

Related Phrases

• "To be on a stob" (idiomatic, regional): To be in a difficult or prickly situation (derived from the idea of being impaled or stuck on a pointed object).
  • After forgetting his speech, he felt like he was on a stob in front of the crowd.

Noun

1. a short straight stick of wood