gob
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Is gob a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of gob?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.Examples: "1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309, These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell."countable
2. (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.Examples: "He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputumslanguncountable
3. (countable, US, regional) A whoopee pie.UScountableregional
verb (English)
1. (slang, ambitransitive) To spit, especially to spit phlegm.ambitransitiveslang
noun (English)
1. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) The mouth.Examples: "He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food."; "Oi, you, shut your gob!"; "She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other."Synonyms: cakehole, mush, trap, bazoo, cakehole, chops, clam, clamshellCommonwealthIrelandUKslang
noun (English)
1. (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.Examples: "This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof."uncountable
verb (English)
1. (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.intransitive
noun (English)
1. (US, military, slang) A sailor.Examples: "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."; "If it weren't for the Fleet I should scarcely be able to endure it. Gobs are always amusing, as you know."; "Full-cut, dashing "gob" slacks with back pocket."USslang
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