/frob/ 1. [MIT] 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. Abbreviated form of frobnicate. 3. [MUD] 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. [Jargon File]