gob

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A lump of soft or sticky material.

2. 2

   Saliva or phlegm.

   • He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.
3. 3

   A whoopie pie.

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   1. 4

      To gather into a lump.

      • 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60, I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water.
   2. 5

      To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

   3. 6

      The mouth.

      • He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.
      • Oi, you, shut your gob!
      • She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other.
   4. 7

      Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

      • This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.
   5. 8

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

   6. 9

      A sailor.

      • Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy.
      • If it weren't for the Fleet I should scarcely be able to endure it. Gobs are always amusing, as you know.
      • Full-cut, dashing "gob" slacks with back pocket.

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