blob
Americannoun
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blobs
plural
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a globule of liquid; bubble.
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a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub.
A blob of paint marred the surface.
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an object, especially a large one, having no distinct shape or definition.
a blob on the horizon.
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a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid
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a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc
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a indistinct or shapeless form or object
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a slang word for condom
verb
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Etymology
Origin of blob
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation
Explanation
A blob is a spot, drop, or a shapeless mass of something, You can't just put blobs of paint on your canvas and call it art! Blob is often used interchangeably with glob or drop. You might top your apple pie with blobs of whipped cream, or put a blob of toothpaste on your toothbrush. And if your map appears to be just blobs of color, you might want to put your glasses on and look again. Blob first appeared as a verb in the 15th century, meaning "to mark with drops or granules," a close relation of bubble.
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While worldwide sea surface temperatures have increased by 1C on average since 1900, the cold blob region has cooled by up to 0.9C, according to a 2019 study.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The company says the avatar, called Mico and resembling a blob with a smiley face, is "not a mascot, but an optional visual identity for Copilot".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The blob was earth-toned and splashed bestselling covers for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
That flying blob of insanity isn’t for everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
A map of the area loaded, and seconds later Akira watched as a big red blob appeared, covering everything behind them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Seen with the naked eye from the stern of our 40-foot tour boat, the dark blobs bobbing in the restless sea didn’t look like much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The orange blobs are mushroom-like "fruiting bodies" while the rest of the fungus is underground.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s like this that humanism itself gets swallowed up by nihilism,” he adds, concretizing that image in his movie with many scenes of environmental degradation realized as crawling blobs of death.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A team at Scripps Research found that some condensates are not random blobs at all.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
But I got this mess of sick green blobs.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Over the previous 10 years of Test cricket, England's openers blobbed out 27 times in 121 matches, an average of one opener-duck per 4.5 Tests.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2021
Dr. Nguyen designed a simulated model of both individual and blobbed blackworms, involving small blobs of 20 identical worms.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
Admittedly, as that student blobbed into the man I am today, I do wonder if the sedentary Lister was the wisest role model to choose.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2017
Revelers blobbed together, migrating as Rio’s winter twilight slipped in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2016
The bar of the back-sight was heavily blobbed with dew; the foresight was invisible.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
Dr. Ding, who studies blobbing in the much-studied nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, described her C. elegans blobs as “strongly overlapping, like a bowl of spaghetti noodles.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
Maisie suggested painting and I started blobbing out pretty colours.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2017
Beside her on each side, both Ess and Loo were already scribbling and blobbing ink all over their stones.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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