frob: /frob/ 1. n. [MIT] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB = a protruding arm or trunnion";

:frob: /frob/ 1. n. [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. 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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary