gob.
A lump of soft or sticky material.
Meaning & usage
A lump of soft or sticky material.
Saliva or phlegm.
He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.
A whoopie pie.
A large amount.
gobs of money
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”).
To gather into a lump.
To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”).
The mouth.
He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.
Oi, you, shut your gob!
Where this word comes from
Probably from Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, mouth”).
Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above.
To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above.
A sailor.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from gobby or gobshite.
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