blob

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

gota

σταγόνα

άμορφη μάζα

mop

🤣

tache

leke

goccia

damla

λεκές

κηλίδα

goutte

💧

ανοησία

mancha

Tropfen

Klumpen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɒb/

Etymology

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