gobful

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A mouthful.

   • One after another, gobfuls of mash are gobbled up.
   • The reps sat in the only beam of midwinter afternoon sunlight, and they guzzled paté, crackers, gobsful of spring onions, lettuce done in varnish, they farted and burped and read business contracts to one another,[…].
2. 2

   A large portion or amount.

   • “[…]But when you speak of love, I am no longer old. I am absolutely full of it. I have crammed great gobsful of it into my music.”
   • Three of them were full already – the diggers had scooped up great gobfuls of concrete and soil.
3. 3

   A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable.

   • The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful.
   • I usually cop gobfuls from opposition fans, which is fair enough. They pay their money to come along and give it to the players they don′t like.

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