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Definition gob

Etymology

From Middle English gobben, gabben (“to drink greedily”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to Middle English gulpen (“to gulp”); or alternatively related to French gober (“swallow, gulp”), from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”), from Proto-Celtic *gobbos. See also gobbet.

Noun

gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)

1. (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
2. (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth.
3. (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.
4. (US, military, slang) A sailor.
5. (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
6. (US, regional) A whoopee pie.

Verb

gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)

1. To gather into a lump.
2. To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
3. (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

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