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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: < ?

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gob Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • smack: I was gob smacked to find a spam message in my guest book.

Adjective modifier

  • big: She keeps Boogie in check, has a big gob - yes she really has!

Modifies a noun

  • stopper: Roughly twenty quid a truffle the size of a gob stopper.

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: We may well be absolutely gob smacked once the figures for SRB funding in Northwood are released.

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.
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