gob

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
2. (slang, uncountable) Saliva or phlegm.
3. (US, countable, regional) A whoopie pie.

Verb

1. To gather into a lump.
2. (ambitransitive, slang) To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

Verb

To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

Synonyms

lump

seaman

trap

🪤

tar

old salt

mouth

gobbet

maw

Jack

hole

🕳️

mariner

Jack-tar

sailor

sea dog

brag

clot

seafarer

yap

cakehole

mouthes

mug

muzzle

nub

face

prate

privateer

conglomeration

blob

goaf

clump

snout

spit

swab

chub

through

boast

vaunt

worked-out section

bluejacket

pie-hole

oral fissure

mass

hatch

glop

Translations

gueule

bocca

sputo

Schnauze

marinaio

boca

küme

crachat

âne

🫏

Maul

bouche

matelot

Klumpen

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɒb/

Etymology

From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”).