a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc an indistinct or shapeless form or object - a slang word for condom
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blob /blɑb/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a lump of a thick, liquid substance:a blob of glue.
- an object having no distinct shape or definition:Can you see that blob in the snow?
blob
(blob),USA pronunciation n., v., blobbed, blob•bing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- a globule of liquid;
bubble. - a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub:A blob of paint marred the surface.
- an object, esp. a large one, having no distinct shape or definition:a blob on the horizon.
- a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.
v.t.
- to mark or splotch with blobs.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation
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