glob
Americannoun
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a drop or globule of a liquid.
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a usually rounded quantity or lump of some plastic or moldable substance.
a little glob of clay; a huge glob of whipped cream.
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Etymology
Origin of glob
Explanation
A glob is a shapeless clump or hunk of something. Even the most skilled potter starts out with nothing but a glob of damp clay on her pottery wheel. Globs are soft, squishy, or partly liquid substances — you can't really have a glob of pizza, but you can add a glob of melty mozzarella to the top of a pizza. An artist drops globs of oil paint on her palette, and a chocolate maker fills molds with globs of warm melted chocolate. While we know glob first appeared in print around 1900, its origin isn't clear. It may have imitated words like blob and gob.
Example Sentences
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The face belongs to Apolonia Sokol, but the voice belongs to Lea Glob, the filmmaker who followed Sokol off and on for 13 years.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Glob repeatedly refers to her filming and Sokol’s painting, their work of creating portraits, as cheating death — something they both do in their real lives, too.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Glob, on the other hand, gets pregnant and bears a child during the course of the filming — a fact that interests Sokol for how it represents a creative woman evolving her life.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Ms. Glob first made a short movie about Ms. Sokol while studying at the National Film School of Denmark in 2009, after other potential subjects turned her down.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023
Glob after sticky glob of sap landed right in the center of the blinking gems, dousing the beams of light, and Gum Baby waved her hands urgently.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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