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gob¹ Definition

gob (gäb)

noun

  1. a lump or mass, as of something soft
  2. Informal a large quantity or amount
  3. 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

  • money: As long as we psychic people are getting great gobs of money anyway it doesn't matter a toss what they think.
  • goo: Aside from being cute gobs of goo, they are the stars of the addictive game Puyo Puyo from Sega.

Browse dictionary entries near gob

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  9. goat antelope
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  1. gobbet
  2. gobble
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  5. Gobelin
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