blob

[blob]

noun

1. a globule of liquid; bubble.

2. a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub.

   A blob of paint marred the surface.

3. an object, especially a large one, having no distinct shape or definition.

   a blob on the horizon.

4. a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.

verb (used with object)

blobbed, blobbing 

1. to mark or splotch with blobs.

blob

/ blɒb /

noun

1. a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid

2. a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc

3. a indistinct or shapeless form or object

4. a slang word for condom

verb

1. (tr) to put blobs, as of ink or paint, on

Other Word Forms

• blobby adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blob¹

1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation

Word History and Origins

Origin of blob¹

C15: perhaps of imitative origin; compare _bubble

Example Sentences

One such potential influence to our winter weather is a 'warm blob' in the Pacific Ocean which could favour higher pressure and colder conditions developing in Europe.

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A few generations ago, the ultrasound would show a grainy blob.

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But all this extra heat in the so-called "warm blob" may have the opposite effect in the UK, possibly making a colder start to winter more likely, some researchers believe.

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This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.

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The folders included many a random blob and splodge, alongside happy snaps of the would-be Picassos making creations only a parent could love.

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Related Words

• bead 
• blotch 
• droplet 
• glob 
• splotch