Usually means: Keychain used for carrying keys.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word fob:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. FOB, fob: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. FOB, FOB, f.o.b, fob, fob: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. FOB, fob, fob: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. f.o.b, fob: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fob: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fob, fob: Wordnik
  7. fob: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. F.O.B, FOB, fob: Wiktionary
  9. fob: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fob: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fob: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. FOB, f.o.b: Dictionary.com
  13. fob (n.), fob (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. F.O.B, FOB (play), FOB (shipping), FOB, F.o.b, Fob (disambiguation), Fob: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Fob: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. fob: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. fob: Rhymezone
  18. Fob: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. fob: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. FOB: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. fob: Free Dictionary
  22. fob: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. FOB, f.o.b: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. fob: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. FOB: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Numa DERIVATIVES ACRONYMS (No longer online)
  7. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  8. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  9. F.O.B. (FREE ON BOARD): Accounting Glossary
  10. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  11. f.o.b, fob: Glossary of research economics
  12. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  13. FOB: Management Dictionary
  14. FOB: Investopedia
  15. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  16. Abbreviations in shipping (No longer online)
  17. F.O.B, FOB: Legal dictionary
  18. FOB, F.o.b: Financial dictionary
  19. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. F.o.b, fob: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. F.o.b: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. CIA World Factbook (No longer online)
  2. FOB: Acronym Finder
  3. FOB: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. F.o.b, fob: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. FOB (offensive), FOB (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. fob, fob: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. F.O.B: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. GLOSSARY OF JEWELRY-RELATED TERMS (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  4. IndyGem Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See fobbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (FOB)

noun:  A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.
noun:  A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
noun:  (see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.
noun:  A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.
adjective:  (Incoterm) Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”)
adjective:  (Incoterm) Initialism of free on board. [(Incoterm) without charge to the purchaser for delivery on board a carrier (originally a ship), at a specified location or point; used in such phrases as FOB destination to specify the point where the title of goods passes from the seller to the buyer]
adjective:  (slang) Initialism of fresh off the boat. [(idiomatic, usually derogatory) Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.]
noun:  (military) Initialism of forward operating base.
noun:  Initialism of flash of brilliance.
noun:  Initialism of freedom of belief.
noun:  (US, politics) Initialism of friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton.
noun:  (India) Initialism of foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass.
noun:  (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant.
noun:  (pathology) Abbreviation of fecal occult blood.
noun:  (music) Initialism of Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago.

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