gob

gob ¹

 (gŏb)

n.

1. A small mass or lump.

2. often gobs Informal A large quantity: a gob of money; gobs of time.

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[Middle English gobbe, probably from Old French gobe, mouthful, from gober, to gulp, of Celtic origin.]

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gob ²

 (gŏb)

n. Slang

The mouth.

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[Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.]

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gob ³

 (gŏb)

n. Slang

A sailor.

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[Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor; see gobshite.]

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gob

(ɡɒb)

n

1. a lump or chunk, esp of a soft substance

2. (often plural) informal a great quantity or amount

3. (Mining & Quarrying) mining

a. waste material such as clay, shale, etc

b. a worked-out area in a mine often packed with this

4. (Ceramics) a lump of molten glass used to make a piece of glassware

5. informal a globule of spittle or saliva

vb, gobs, gobbing or gobbed

(intr) informal Brit to spit

[C14: from Old French gobe lump, from gober to gulp down; see gobbet]

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gob

(ɡɒb)

n

(Military) slang US an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy

[C20: of unknown origin]

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gob

(ɡɒb)

n

(Anatomy) a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth

[C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob]

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gob¹

(gɒb)

n.

1. a mass or lump.

2. gobs, Informal. a large quantity: gobs of money.

[1350–1400; Middle English gobbe, variant of gobet gobbet]

gob²

(gɒb)

n. Slang.

a sailor.

[1910–15, Amer.; orig. uncertain]

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Gob

 a large sum of money; a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.

Examples: gob of gold, 1566; of mercy, 1542; of money, 1542.

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gob

Past participle: gobbed
Gerund: gobbing

Imperative

gob

gob

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gob - a man who serves as a sailor   Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar, Jack able seaman, able-bodied seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills boatswain, bo's'n, bos'n, bosun, bo'sun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen deckhand, roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor helmsman, steerer, steersman - the person who steers a ship bargee, bargeman, lighterman - someone who operates a barge ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" pilot - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor crewman, sailor - any member of a ship's crew sea lawyer - an argumentative and contentious seaman whaler - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
	2.	gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm" chunk, clod, glob, lump, clump, ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	3.	gob - informal terms for the mouth   cakehole, maw, yap, trap, hole mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"

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gob

noun piece, lump, chunk, hunk, nugget, blob, wad, clod, wodge (Brit. informal) a gob of ice

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gob ¹

noun

1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

chunk, clod, clump, hunch, lump, nugget, wad.

Informal: hunk.

2. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number.Often used in plural:

jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.

Informal: bushel, heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.

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gob ²

noun

Slang. The opening in the body through which food is ingested:

mouth.

Slang: puss, trap.

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gob ³

noun

Slang. A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship:

jack (uppercase), jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman.

Informal: salt, tar.

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Translations

pollo

klimppiklönttimöykkypaakkuräkäistä

boccasputo

gob

[gɒb]

A. N

1. (= spit) → salivazo m

2. (Brit) (= mouth) → bocaza f

B. VT (Brit) → escupir

C. VI (Brit) → escupir

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gob

[ˈgɒb] n

(= mouth) (British) → gueule f

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gob

¹

n (= lump) → Klumpen m; a gob of spit (inf) → eine Ladung Spucke (inf)

vi (Brit inf) → spucken; to gob at somebody → jdn anspucken

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gob

²

n (Brit inf: = mouth) → Schnauze f (inf); shut your gob! → halt die Schnauze! (inf)

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gob

³

n (dated US, sl, = sailor) → blauer Junge (inf), → Blaujacke f (inf)

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