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The definition of a gob is a lump of something to a large quantity of something.

(noun)

An example of gob is a small handful of shampoo.
An example of gob is when a child has hundreds of toys.

See gob in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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.

Origin: ME gobbe < OFr gobe, back-form. < gobet: see gobbet

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noun

Slang a sailor in the U.S. Navy

Origin: < ?

See gob in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small mass or lump.
Informal A large quantity. Often used in the plural: a gob of money; gobs of time.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English gobbe

Origin: , probably from Old French gobe, mouthful

Origin: , from gober, to gulp

Origin: , of Celtic origin

noun
Slang

The mouth.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic

noun
Slang

A sailor.

Origin:

Origin: Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor; see gobshite

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