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. A large cloud of gas.
4. 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.

Verb

1. To drop in the form of a blob or blobs.
2. To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.
3. To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
4. (colloquial) To spill sauce on oneself while eating.
5. (slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
6. 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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɒb/

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.