gob

UK: /ˈgɒb/ US: /gɑb/ ,(gob)

Inflections of 'gob' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

gobs

v 3rd person singular

gobbing

v pres p

gobbed

v past

gobbed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

gob¹ /gɑb/   n. [countable]

1. a mass or lump:
   He smeared a gob of plaster in the hole.
2. Informal Terms gobs, [plural] a large quantity:
   gobs of money.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

gob¹  (gob), n. 

1. a mass or lump.
2. Informal Terms gobs, a large quantity:
   gobs of money.
3. Mining Also called goaf. waste or barren material.

• Middle English gobbe, variant of gobet gobbet 1350–1400

gob²  (gob), n. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms a sailor, esp. a seaman in the U.S. Navy.

• origin, originally uncertain 1910–15, American.

gob³  (gob), n. [Slang.]

1. Slang Terms the mouth.

• Scots Gaelic gob mouth, beak
• perh. 1540–50

gob⁴  (gob), v.i., gobbed, gob•bing, n. [Brit. Dial.]

1. British Terms gab¹.

• 1685–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

gob / ɡɒb/ noun

1. a lump or chunk, esp of a soft substance
2. (often plural) a great quantity or amount
3. a lump of molten glass used to make a piece of glassware
4. a globule of spittle or saliva

verb (gobs, gobbing, gobbed)

1. (intransitive) to spit

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French gobe lump, from gober to gulp down; see gobbet

gob / ɡɒb/ noun

1. an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy

Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown origin

gob / ɡɒb/ noun

1. a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from Gaelic gob