gob
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gob1 /ɡɒb $ ɡɑːb/ noun [countable] informal 1 British EnglishHBBODY an impolite word for someone’s mouth 嘴〔不礼貌用语〕 Jean told him to shut his gob. 琼叫他闭嘴。 She’s always stuffing her gob with food. 她总在往嘴里塞吃的。2 LIQUIDa mass of something wet and sticky 〔黏湿物质的〕一块,一团gob of There’s a gob of gum on my chair. 我的椅子上有一团口香糖。3 gobs informal American EnglishLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a large amount of something 大量gobs of gobs of money 许多钱
Examples from the Corpus
gob• It was so right for Darla to be the one who got a gob in her hand.• But there are great gobs of money to be made, and this municipality needs all of it.• But the smile wasn't the only thing on her gob, was it?• These all required expensive hardware, and ate up huge gobs of memory.• He propelled a prodigious gob of spit toward the window of the van.• The sauce from Mr Bishop's tomato ketchup bottles had been emptied out in great red gobs or smeared over the cupboards.• Sticks of nothing in your gob.gob of• There's a gob of gum on my chair.• The Johnsons must have gobs of money.gob2 verb (gobbed, gobbing) [intransitive] British English informalHBH to blow a small amount of liquid out of your mouth 吐唾沫,啐痰 SYN spit→ See Verb tableOrigin gob (1300-1400) Old French gobe “large piece of food”, from gobet; → GOBBETfor someone’s word mouth Corpus impolite an
gob
gob1 /ɡɒb $ ɡɑːb/
noun [countable] informal1. British English an impolite word for someone’s mouth:
Jean told him to shut his gob.
She’s always stuffing her gob with food.
2. a mass of something wet and sticky
gob of
There’s a gob of gum on my chair.
3. gobs American English a large amount of something
gobs of
gobs of money
gob2
verb (past tense and past participle gobbed, present participle gobbing) [intransitive]
British English informal to blow a small amount of liquid out of your mouth
SYN spit
| I |
noun [countable] informal1. British English an impolite word for someone’s mouth:
2. a mass of something wet and sticky
gob of
3. gobs American English a large amount of something
gobs of
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verb (past tense and past participle gobbed, present participle gobbing) [intransitive]British English informal to blow a small amount of liquid out of your mouth
SYN spit