Gob
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɒb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gob is a noun meaning (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
Meaning
(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.
- (countable, US, regional) A whoopie pie.
- To gather into a lump.
- (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) The mouth.
- (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
- (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
- (slang, ambitransitive) To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
Example Sentences
Oi, you, shut your gob!
He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.
He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.
She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other.
Word Forms
- gobs
- gobbing
- gobbed
Synonyms for gob
Depending on context, synonyms include saliva, spit, sputum, cakehole, mush, trap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jack-tar, tar, mariner, seafarer, seaman, sea dog.
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