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1 definition found From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: frobnicate /frob'ni?kayt/, vt. [Poss. derived from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but frobnicate is recognized as the official full form.:] To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: ?Please frob the light switch? (that is, flip it), but also ?Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it?. One also sees the construction to frob a frob . See tweak and twiddle. Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. ?Frob? connotes aimless manipulation; twiddle connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; tweak connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant frobnosticate has been recently reported.