flob

noun
/flɒb/UK

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob

  1. derived from *gobbo- — “neb, muzzle
  2. derived from gobet
  3. inherited from gobbe
  4. compounded as flob — “phlegm + gob

Definitions

  1. Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

  2. To spit or to gob.

    • Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world.
    • I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.
  3. To flop

    To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for flob. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA