glob

[ glob ]

noun

1. a drop or globule of a liquid.
2. a usually rounded quantity or lump of some plastic or moldable substance:

   a little glob of clay; a huge glob of whipped cream.

glob

/ ɡlɒb /

noun

1. informal.
   a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substance

   a glob of cream

Word History and Origins

Origin of glob¹

1895–1900; perhaps blend of globe and blob

Word History and Origins

Origin of glob¹

C20: probably from globe , influenced by blob

Example Sentences

However, there are also some tricks for getting the best results with a rice cooker, such as rinsing away surface starch for nicely separated grains instead of a congealed glob.

From Popular-Science

Inside cells, DNA replication glitches and stutters, and proteins clump up into sticky globs.

From Popular-Science

Giving up for the day, the men stopped for a breather on the way back down the mountain, whereupon Jorgensen happened to notice a glob of dark resin beneath a cliff face.

From Popular-Science

The advancement and increasing affordability of technologies like DNA analysis and machine learning mean that in the near future, scientists will be able to wring even more information from the globs of plants, poop, and pee.

From Popular-Science

For a snack, I’ll whip up a bowl of banana mash, a creamy and protein-filled dish in which I use a fork to blend a banana with a spoonful of peanut butter and a glob of honey.

From Quartz

Fell in her tuna-fish salad and was swallowed in a glob of mayonnaise.

From The Daily Beast

Paraglobulin, par-a-glob′ū-lin, n. a globulin found in blood-serum, fibrino-plastin.

From Project Gutenberg

The kerchief at his neck was turned knot-back and hung like a glob of crimson blood upon his breast.

From Project Gutenberg

Uniglobular, ū-ni-glob′ū-lar, adj. consisting of a single globe or globular part.

From Project Gutenberg

A great glob of smoke belched up from under the crumpled engine hood, and was followed by a tongue of hissing orange-red flame.

From Project Gutenberg

Jens Glob laid a complaint against the bishop, and summoned him before the temporal and the spiritual court.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blob
• clump
• gob