/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]