gob

[ gob ]

/ gɒb /

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noun

a mass or lump.

gobs, Informal. a large quantity: gobs of money.

Also called goaf .Mining. waste or barren material.

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Origin of gob

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English gobbe, variant of gobet “a mouthful, lump”; see gobbet

Words nearby gob

goatsucker, goaves, go away, go-away bird, go AWOL, gob, go back, go back on, go bad, go ballistic, go bananas

Definition for gob (2 of 4)

gob²

[ gob ]

/ gɒb /

noun Slang.

a sailor, especially a seaman in the U.S. Navy.

Origin of gob

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; origin uncertain

Definition for gob (3 of 4)

gob³

[ gob ]

/ gɒb /

noun Chiefly British Slang.

the mouth.

Origin of gob

First recorded in 1540–50; perhaps from Gaelic gob “mouth, beak”

Definition for gob (4 of 4)

gob⁴

[ gob ]

/ gɒb /

British Dialect

verb (used without object), noun gobbed, gob·bing,

gab¹.

Origin of gob

⁴

First recorded in 1680–85; cf. gabble

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Example sentences from the Web for gob

A millimeter-sized gob of mucus beads up on a larvacean’s head.
Larvaceans’ underwater ‘snot palaces’ boast elaborate plumbing|Susan Milius|June 15, 2020|Science News
“After Gob, I felt like there were a lot of jobs that I took where people wanted me to emulate or copy that performance,” he says.
Will Arnett on ‘The Millers,’ ‘Arrested Development,’ and More|Jason Lynch|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For the record, the best three episodes deal with Gob, Tobias, and Buster, and it's not even close.
In Defense of ‘Arrested Development’|Justin Green|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The experience left the septuagenarian designer sounding positively gob-smacked.
Armani Goes Gaga: Giorgio Armani Intoxicated by Lady Gaga|Robin Givhan|February 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST

"John Greg—" Before I could articulate fully the blacksmith thrust a gob of the vile lather into my mouth.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
Gazing anxiously over the fence, we heard a feeble chirp from a large gob of mud in the alley.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
As might give me the chanst as I wants, but, by gob, it's a regular chouse.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895|Various
You jest think of a lovin', trustin', and confidin' woman gettin' holt of a gob of p'isen like that!
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
The second wall lies across the valley at Gob-sorg, four miles beyond our camp at Chumbi.
The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler

British Dictionary definitions for gob (1 of 3)

gob¹

/ (ɡɒb) /

noun

a lump or chunk, esp of a soft substance

(often plural) informal a great quantity or amount

mining

waste material such as clay, shale, etc
a worked-out area in a mine often packed with this

a lump of molten glass used to make a piece of glassware

informal a globule of spittle or saliva

verb gobs, gobbing or gobbed

(intr) British informal to spit

Word Origin for gob

C14: from Old French gobe lump, from gober to gulp down; see gobbet

British Dictionary definitions for gob (2 of 3)

gob²

/ (ɡɒb) /

noun

US slang an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy

Word Origin for gob

C20: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for gob (3 of 3)

gob³

/ (ɡɒb) /

noun

a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth

Word Origin for gob

C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob

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