Glob

Quick meaning: Glob is a noun meaning A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

Meaning

A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

More Meanings

1. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
2. To stick in globs or lumps.
3. (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression; such a pattern.
4. (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

Example Sentences

He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.

In filename globbing, * means any character, group of characters, or no characters at all.

[…] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.

Word Forms

• globs
• globbing
• globbed

Synonyms for glob

Depending on context, synonyms include clump, clod, lump, ball, chunk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lump, clump, clod, ball, chunk, dollop.

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