gobby

[gob-ee]

adjective

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

gobbier, gobbiest 

1. fat.

gobby

/ ˈɡɒbɪ /

adjective

1. informal,  loudmouthed and offensive

Word History and Origins

Origin of gobby¹

Of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Both frontmen recall feeling pressure to live up to the NME's ideal of a gobby frontman.

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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.

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"Playing for England always felt like I was living in a dream bubble. I kept waiting for it to pop and me to suddenly go back to being a gobby, overweight 16-year-old again. But you know when it is time," Marler said in a social media post.

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Broen also won the award for Best Single Image in this category for a colourful picture showing how a discarded glass bottle in the ocean has become a haven for a small, iridescent, yellow Gobby fish.

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And yes, clearly some of Rishi Sunak's most gobby supporters might have found such a scenario a little tricky.

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