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Grammar : Noun
Spell : gob
Phonetic Transcription : gɒb



Definition of gob

Origin :
  • "a mouthful, lump," late 14c., probably from Old French gobe "mouthful, lump," related to gober "gulp, swallow down," probably from Gaulish *gobbo- (cf. Irish gob "mouth," Gaelic gob "beak"). This Celtic source also seems to be root of gob "mouth" (mid-16c.), which is the first element in gob-stopper "a kind of large hard candy" (1928).
  • noun multitude
  • noun lump
Example sentences :
  • Didn't Shandy always have a gob of it in his cheek—the dirty pig?
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "Shut your gob, thief," shouted a voice, and a heavy scuffle ensued.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • The Porcupine has killed the Gob (Malay), and our tribe must repay sevenfold.
  • Extract from : « In Court and Kampong » by Hugh Clifford
  • So when I slap a gob of it over your mouth and nose inhale hard and deep.
  • Extract from : « Subspace Survivors » by E. E. Smith
  • Gob, he'd adorn a sweepingbrush, so he would, if he only had a nurse's apron on him.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Gob, he near burnt his fingers with the butt of his old cigar.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Gob, he's like Lanty MacHale's goat that'd go a piece of the road with every one.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • As might give me the chanst as I wants, but, by gob, it's a regular chouse.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895 » by Various
  • There was a gob of junk—scarcely more than an irregular formation of flaky rust.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • As the boys advanced they found the gangway considerably cluttered with "gob," or refuse, and the air was none of the best.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman

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