Usually means: Small, magical house-elf creature.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word dobby:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dobby: Merriam-Webster
  2. dobby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dobby: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dobby: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Dobby, dobby: Wordnik
  6. Dobby, dobby: Wiktionary
  7. dobby: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Dobby, dobby: Dictionary.com
  9. Dobby (Harry Potter), Dobby (cloth), Dobby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. dobby: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dobby: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dobby: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See dobbies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Dobby)

noun:  A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
noun:  The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
noun:  An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.
noun:  (archaic) A dotard.
noun:  (chiefly Nottingham) The children's game of tag.
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun:  A male given name (See Dobby (disambiguation); it lists several real persons with the given name Dobby.)

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