Gob

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small mass or lump.
  • n. Informal A large quantity. Often used in the plural: a gob of money; gobs of time.
  • n. Slang The mouth.
  • n. Slang A sailor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lump of soft or sticky material.
  • n. The mouth.
  • n. Saliva or phlegm.
  • n. A sailor.
  • n. Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
  • v. To gather into a lump.
  • v. To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as goaf.
  • n. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
  • n. The mouth.
  • n. Same as sailor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The mouth.
  • n. A mouthful; hence, a little mass or collection; a dab; a lump.
  • n. In coal-mining, the refuse or waste material from the workings in a mine; attle. It is used to pack the goaves, so as to support the roof.
  • In coal-mining, to pack away refuse so as to get rid of it and at the same time to help to keep the workings from caving in.
  • To brag; boast.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal terms for the mouth
  • n. a lump of slimy stuff
  • n. a man who serves as a sailor
  • Verb Form
    gobbing    gobs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rima oris    mouth    oral cavity    oral fissure    lump    ball    chunk    clod    clump    glob   
    Cross Reference
    to gob up   
    Variant
    goaf    sailor   
    Form
    gobsmacked    shut your gob    gobby    gobshite    gobstopper    gob-up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mouthful    face    mush    spit    mouth    saliva    sputum    trap    cakehole   
    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
    gobbet    glob    fleck    blob    mouthful    drool    dribble    smear    dab