"gobshite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/ [Ireland] Audio: En-au-gobshite.ogg [Australia] Forms: gobshites [plural]
Etymology: From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gob|shite|t1=mouth|t2=excrement}} gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gobshite (plural gobshites)
  1. (Ireland, Britain, slang, offensive, vulgar) One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation. Tags: Britain, Ireland, offensive, slang, vulgar Categories (topical): People Translations (one who engages in nonsensical chatter): paskanjauhaja (Finnish), Schwätzer [masculine] (German), Großmaul [neuter] (German), Klugscheißer [masculine] (German), coglione [masculine] (Italian), drittslenger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skitsnackare [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gobshite-en-noun-ghgPgVR~ Disambiguation of People: 88 12 Categories (other): British English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'one who engages in nonsensical chatter': 90 10
  2. (Ireland, Britain, slang, offensive, vulgar) A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character. Tags: Britain, Ireland, offensive, slang, vulgar Translations (person of very poor judgment): mange-merde [masculine] (French), coglione [masculine] (Italian), mezzasega [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-gobshite-en-noun-gI8sjA3Q Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'person of very poor judgment': 5 95

Inflected forms

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