gob
1[ gob ]
/ gɒb /
noun
a mass or lump.
gobs, Informal. a large quantity: gobs of money.
Also called goaf. Mining. waste or barren material.
RELATED WORDS
aggregation, hunk, morsel, gathering, cluster, fullness, concentration, bunch, cargo, congeries, hill, hoard, agglomeration, collection, bulk, haul, bundle, harvest, bank, abundance
Nearby words
- goatsbeard,
- goatskin,
- goatsucker,
- goaty,
- goaves,
- gob-stopper,
- goban,
- gobang,
- gobat,
- gobbet
Origin of gob
1gob
2[ gob ]
/ gɒb /
noun Slang.
a sailor, especially a seaman in the U.S. Navy.
Origin of gob
2An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; origin uncertain
gob
3[ gob ]
/ gɒb /
noun Slang.
the mouth.
Origin of gob
31540–50; perhaps < Scots Gaelic gob mouth, beak
gob
4[ gob ]
/ gɒb /
verb (used without object), gobbed, gob·bing, noun
gab1.
Origin of gob
4First recorded in 1685–95
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gob
1/ (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
noun
US slang an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy
Word Origin for gob
C20: of unknown origin
noun
a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth
Word Origin for gob
C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob
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gob
"a mouthful, lump," late 14c., probably from Old French gobe "mouthful, lump," related to gober "gulp, swallow down," probably from Gaulish *gobbo- (cf. Irish gob "mouth," Gaelic gob "beak"). This Celtic source also seems to be root of gob "mouth" (mid-16c.), which is the first element in gob-stopper "a kind of large hard candy" (1928).
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