gob¹ Definition
gob (gäb)
noun
- a lump or mass, as of something soft
- Informal a large quantity or amount
- waste material produced in coal mining, consisting of clay, shale, etc.
Etymology: ME gobbe < OFr gobe, back-form. < gobet: see gobbet
gob² Definition
☆ gob (gäb)
noun
Slang a sailor in the U.S. Navy
Etymology: < ?
gob Usage Examples
Converse of object
- smack: I was gob smacked to find a spam message in my guest book.
- have: She keeps Boogie in check, has a big gob - yes she really has!
- shut: Too many supposedly hard left principled MPs kept their gobs shut and their heads down and let Bliar get on with it.
- get: As long as we psychic people are getting great gobs of money anyway it doesn't matter a toss what they think.
- fester: Mr Campbell: Shut your festering gob, you tit!
- keep: If something is bad, keep thy gob shut, unless asked.
Adjective modifier
- big: She keeps Boogie in check, has a big gob - yes she really has!
- great: As long as we psychic people are getting great gobs of money anyway it doesn't matter a toss what they think.
- fat: I knew I should have kept my fat gob shut.
- large: Tell-tale signs include: drunkenness, unsteady gait, large gob uttering profanities.
- ugly: Put your dummy back into your Ugly Gob and Get back inside Your Pram.
Modifies a noun
- stopper: Roughly twenty quid a truffle the size of a gob stopper.
- fire: William Fletcher informed Mr. Potts, the Manager, that a gob fire was breaking out in number 5 drift.
- stink: He eventually mentioned this to Albert Hughes, a spare fireman, who thought it was gob stink.
Modifying Another Word
- absolutely: We may well be absolutely gob smacked once the figures for SRB funding in Northwood are released.
- just: An ' that why it melts in yer gob just like snow.
Followed by an intransitive particle
off: You shouldn't really have any bother in either of these unless you're minging and start gobbing off!
Adjective complement
smacking: The elation of being the first people ever to see this was simply gob smacking.
Preposition: of
Browse dictionary entries near gob
- ‹ goatsucker
- ‹ goatskin
- ‹ goatsbeard
- ‹ goatish
- ‹ goatherd
- ‹ goatfish
- ‹ goatee
- ‹ goat's-rue
- ‹ goat antelope
- ‹ goat

