gobby
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gobby
Of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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They've come a long way, from gobby young upstarts who sold T-shirts slagging off their rivals to respected stalwarts of the British rock scene.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
Second place receives something that’s for giving away: It’s a prank gift box labeled “Emma Dean’s Earwax Candle Kit,” complete with a big photo of a huge gobby brownish candle.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2020
By her teen-age years, McTeer was, in her own words, “a gobby, opinionated political novice who spoke loudly of my beliefs with little respect for anyone else’s opinion.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
It needs a gobby, headline-grabbing mayor because in such a centralised political system, it's the only way to get anything done.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2016
The walls were painted with thick, gobby epoxy paint, and all the electrical outlets were plugged around the edges with a gooey material.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
He played arguably the best football of his career under the encouraging guidance of Sir Bobby Robson, who described Bellamy as both "a great player" and "the gobbiest footballer I've ever met".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Amid the shanty towns of one of the world's poorest countries idols do not come bigger than the striker Sir Bobby Robson dubbed "the gobbiest footballer I've ever met".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2010
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