"gob" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [plural]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: From Middle French gobe, goube (“lump, mouthful”), from Gaulish. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|gobe}} Middle French gobe, {{m|frm|goube||lump, mouthful}} goube (“lump, mouthful”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)
  1. (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material. Tags: countable Translations (lump of soft or sticky material): буца (buca) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kwak (Dutch), slijmerige prop (Dutch), möykky (Finnish), paakku (Finnish), klöntti (Finnish), klimppi (Finnish), gvalja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun-W6k5xbME Disambiguation of 'lump of soft or sticky material': 96 2 2
  2. (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum Translations (slang: saliva or phlegm): плюнка (pljunka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fluim (Dutch), rochel [slang] (Dutch), räkä (Finnish), sylki (Finnish), crachat [masculine, slang] (French), sputo [masculine] (Italian), saliva [feminine] (Italian), hračak [masculine, slang] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun-yqoJs28Y Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 4 30 15 20 2 2 3 17 7 Disambiguation of 'slang: saliva or phlegm': 2 91 7
  3. (US, regional) A whoopee pie. Tags: US, countable, regional, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily functions
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun-I0jloJlK Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 4 18 28 19 2 3 5 8 13 Categories (other): American English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 13 39 16 2 5 2 2 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [plural]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Probably from Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, mouth”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|gob}} Irish gob, {{der|en|gd|gob||beak, mouth}} Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, mouth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gob (plural gobs)
  1. (countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, slang Categories (topical): Face Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap Translations (slang: mouth): плювалник (pljuvalnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), huba [feminine, slang] (Czech), smoel (Dutch), muil [slang] (Dutch), turpa (Finnish), kita (Finnish), leipäläpi (Finnish), gueule [feminine, slang] (French), Schnauze [feminine, slang] (German), gamba (Hungarian), bacot [vulgar] (Indonesian), bocca [feminine] (Italian), bacot (Javanese), cocot (Javanese), congor [vulgar] (Javanese), fleancă [feminine] (Romanian), plisc [neuter] (Romanian), leoarbă [feminine] (Romanian), gubica [feminine, slang] (Serbo-Croatian), labrnja [feminine, slang] (Serbo-Croatian), papuľa [feminine] (Slovak), huba [feminine, slang] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun-NwGr4~UY Disambiguation of Face: 3 20 16 34 1 2 4 11 8 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [plural]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gobbing}} gobbing Head templates: {{en-noun}} gob (plural gobs)
  1. (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mining Translations (mining: waste): sivukivi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun--~9DtvxW Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [plural]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Shortened from gobby or gobshite. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gobby}} gobby, {{m|en|gobshite}} gobshite Head templates: {{en-noun}} gob (plural gobs)
  1. (US, military, slang) A sailor. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Military Translations (military slang: sailor): моряк (morjak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), silakka (Finnish), marinaio [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-noun-Z5jKEcCS Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [present, singular, third-person], gobbing [participle, present], gobbed [participle, past], gobbed [past]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: From Middle French gobe, goube (“lump, mouthful”), from Gaulish. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|gobe}} Middle French gobe, {{m|frm|goube||lump, mouthful}} goube (“lump, mouthful”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)
  1. To gather into a lump.
    Sense id: en-gob-en-verb-wXwddmbb
  2. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To spit, especially to spit phlegm. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive Translations (to spit): плюя (pljuja) (Bulgarian), sylkäistä (Finnish), räkäistä (Finnish), räkiä (Finnish), hraknuti (Serbo-Croatian), ishraknuti (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gob-en-verb-U4nchVh0 Disambiguation of 'to spit': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡɒb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑb/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-gob.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 gob.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobs [present, singular, third-person], gobbing [participle, present], gobbed [participle, past], gobbed [past]
enPR: gŏb Rhymes: -ɒb Etymology: Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above. Etymology templates: {{m|en|gobbing}} gobbing Head templates: {{en-verb}} gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)
  1. (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-gob-en-verb-rqC1Yru~ Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        "To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine."
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      "tags": [
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    "English nouns",
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          "ref": "1918 October 22, Letter of Adlai Stevenson, quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976), page 53",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1928, Hart Crane, letter, 27 April",
          "text": "If it weren't for the Fleet I should scarcely be able to endure it. Gobs are always amusing, as you know."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 94",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18,\nFor the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job."
        },
        {
          "text": "1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22,\nTaking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "morjak",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моряк"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "matroos bij de Amerikaanse Marine",
      "sense": "military slang: sailor"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "military slang: sailor",
      "word": "silakka"
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