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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A large cloud of gas.
A large cloud of gas. Ellipsis of extended Lyman-Alpha blob, a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
A bubble; a bleb.
A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
A score of zero.
Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.
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.
To splash in the form of a blob or blobs.
To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.
To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
To spill sauce on oneself while eating.
To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.
Alternative spelling of BLOB.
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