Blob

Quick meaning: Blob is a noun meaning (astronomy) A large cloud of gas.

Meaning

(astronomy) A large cloud of gas.

More Meanings

1. (dialect) A bubble; a bleb.
2. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
3. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
4. (sports, slang) A score of zero.
5. An extremely morbidly obese person, to the point of most of their body being composed of fat and nothing else.
6. 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.
7. (as the blob) Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.

Example Sentences

Only the outermost blob on either side in map 2 displays misalignment.

Bones put the tiny crimson speck between his slides, blobbed a drop of oil on top, and focused the microscope.

She was beating something in a pail, beating it with her hands; her arms were blobbed with pink froth to the elbows.

[…] a cross has been burned during the night on Wechsler's lawn and a painted KKK blobbed across one wall of his home.

Word Forms

• blobs
• blobbing
• blobbed

Synonyms for blob

Depending on context, synonyms include bob, blot, spot, stain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blot, stain, spot, smear, smudge, splotch.

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