gob

[gob]

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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.

Origin of gob

1350–1400; Middle English gobbe, variant of gobet gobbet

gob

[gob]

noun Slang.

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

Origin of gob

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; origin uncertain

gob

[gob]

noun Slang.

the mouth.

Origin of gob

1540–50; perhaps < Scots Gaelic gob mouth, beak

gob

⁴

[gob]British Dialect

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

gab¹.

Origin of gob

⁴

First recorded in 1685–95

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Related Words for gob

aggregation, hunk, morsel, gathering, cluster, fullness, concentration, bunch, cargo, congeries, hill, hoard, agglomeration, collection, bulk, haul, bundle, harvest, bank, abundance

Examples from the Web for gob

Contemporary Examples of gob

“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
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

Historical Examples of gob

Didn't Shandy always have a gob of it in his cheek—the dirty pig?
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
"Shut your gob, thief," shouted a voice, and a heavy scuffle ensued.
The False Chevalier
William Douw Lighthall
The Porcupine has killed the Gob (Malay), and our tribe must repay sevenfold.
In Court and Kampong
Hugh Clifford
So when I slap a gob of it over your mouth and nose inhale hard and deep.
Subspace Survivors
E. E. Smith
Gob, he near burnt his fingers with the butt of his old cigar.
Ulysses
James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for gob

gob

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

gob

noun

US slang an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy

Word Origin for gob

C20: of unknown origin

gob

noun

a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth

Word Origin for gob

C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob

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Word Origin and History for 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).