blob

(Anglès)

Noun

1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
2. A large cloud of gas.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A large cloud of gas.
4. (dialectal) A bubble; a bleb.
5. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
6. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
7. (slang) A score of zero.
8. Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.

Verb

1. (transitive) To splash in the form of a blob or blobs.
2. (transitive) To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.
3. (intransitive) To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
4. (UK, colloquial, intransitive) To spill sauce on oneself while eating.
5. (intransitive, slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
6. (intransitive) To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/blɒb/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.

Conceptes

gota

màcula

taca

tacar

tintar

Sinònims

drop

lump

blot

spot

clod

fleck

glob

bead

drip

clot

globule

naught

nil

nought

raindrop

stain

zero

ambiguity

slosh around

blotch

clump

dab

dollop

dribble

droplet

💧

gob

gobbet

mass

minim

Traduccions

σταγόνα

gota

άμορφη μάζα

mop

🤣

tache

leke

damla

ανοησία

goccia

λεκές

mancha

κηλίδα

goutte

💧

Klümpchen

μηδέν