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blob.

A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/blɒb/UK/blɑb/US
  1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

  2. A large cloud of gas.

  3. A large cloud of gas. Ellipsis of extended Lyman-Alpha blob, a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  4. A bubble; a bleb.

    dialectal
  5. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.

  6. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.

  7. A score of zero.

    slang
  8. Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.

  9. An extremely morbidly obese person, to the point of most of their body being composed of fat and nothing else.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.

verb/blɒb/UK/blɑb/US
  1. To splash in the form of a blob or blobs.

    transitive
  2. To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.

    transitive
  3. To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.

    intransitive
  4. To spill sauce on oneself while eating.

    UK · colloquial · intransitive
  5. To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.

    intransitive · slang
  6. To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.

noun/blɒb/UK/blɑb/US
  1. Alternative spelling of BLOB.

    alt-of · alternative
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