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SOB

noun
/ˌɛs oʊ ˈbi/US/sɒb/UK/sɑb/US

Etymology

From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).

  1. derived from sabben — “to drool, slobber, salivate”
  2. inherited from sobben

Definitions

  1. Initialism of son of a bitch.

  2. Initialism of shortness of breath.

  3. Initialism of souls on board.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Initialism of sum of best.

    2. Initialism of start of business.

    3. Initialism of share of business.

    4. Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first sense

    5. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

    6. The sound of sob.

      • “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”

    7. To weep with convulsive gasps.

      • She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
      • She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.

    8. To say (something) while sobbing.

      • "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

    9. To soak.

      • the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for SOB. 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