gob

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: gŏb, IPA ^(key): /ɡɒb/
• (US) enPR: gŏb, IPA ^(key): /ɡɑb/

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Noun

Singular gob

Plural gobs

1. (countable) (informal) Your gob is your mouth.

   He told him to shut his gob.

2. (uncountable) (informal) A gob is a large amount or lump of something.

   There was a big gob of mud on his shoe.

Verb

Plain form gob

Third-person singular gobs

Past tense gobbed

Past participle gobbed

Present participle gobbing

1. (transitive & intransitive) (informal) If you gob on something, you spit on it.

   He gobbed on the ground.

Related words

• gab
• glob
• gob stopper
• gobble
• gobsmacked