glob

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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.

Origin of glob

1
1895–1900; perhaps blend of globe and blob

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British Dictionary definitions for glob

glob

/ (ɡlɒb) /


noun
  1. informal a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substance: a glob of cream

Origin of glob

1
C20: probably from globe, influenced by blob

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