blob
- a globule of liquid; bubble.
- a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub: A blob of paint marred the surface.
- an object, especially a large one, having no distinct shape or definition: a blob on the horizon.
- a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.
- to mark or splotch with blobs.
Origin of blob
Related Words for blob
splotch, droplet, glob, blotch, bead, blot, dab, splash, daub, globule, ball, bubble, dotExamples from the Web for blob
Contemporary Examples of blob
The movie could have been, should have been, The Blob, 21st-centurystyle.
Maybe a blob of cigarette ash obscured that particular sentence.
Historical Examples of blob
The operator manipulated the controls and the blob began to overtake the dot.
The LeechPhillips Barbee
"I wish I didn't have such a blob of a nose," she said ruefully.
Mary Louise and Josie O'GormanEmma Speed Sampson
The heart of one was a blob of mud, which gave off a most baleful vapour.
Tropic DaysE. J. Banfield
It was half-past eight by the church clock, the face of which was a blob of brightness.
Meg's FriendAlice Abigail Corkran
He couldn't reach Casker, on the other side of the gigantic sphere of blob.
One Man's PoisonRobert Sheckley
blob
- a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid
- a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc
- a indistinct or shapeless form or object
- a slang word for condom
- (tr) to put blobs, as of ink or paint, on
Word Origin for blob
Word Origin and History for blob
"drop, globule," 1725, from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (early 15c.), perhaps related to bubble. The same word was used 16c. in a sense "bubble, blister."