Glob

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small drop; a globule.
  • n. A soft thick lump or mass: a glob of mashed potatoes; globs of red mud.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
  • n. A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
  • v. To stick in globs or lumps.
  • v. To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a compact mass, especially of a semiliquid or viscous substance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See globe, n., 6, and globe, v. t., 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a compact mass
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    clew    gob    clot    coagulum   
    Unknown
    glib   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ball    clod    lump    clump    chunk   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob    Cobb    Job    Punjab    Rob    blob    bob    cob    cobb    dob   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gob    blob    gobbet    goo    mouthful    glop    splotch    puddle    globule    clot