sobbing

UK: /ˈsɒbɪŋ/

From the verb sob: (⇒ conjugate)

sobbing is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sob /sɑb/   v., sobbed, sob•bing, n. 
v. 

1. to weep with a catching of the breath or in sudden, short gasps:
   [no object] She sobbed at the news.
2. to put or send (oneself) by sobbing:
   [~ + object] to sob oneself to sleep.
3. to say with sobs: [~ + object]
   to sob an answer.
   [used with quotations]
   "I want her back!'' he sobbed.

n. [countable]

4. the act of sobbing, or a sound suggesting this:
   The baby let out a few more sobs, then fell asleep.

S.O.B. or SOB, (sometimes l.c.)[Slang.]

1. Slang Terms an abbreviation of: son of a bitch.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sob  (sob), v., sobbed, sob•bing, n. 
v.i. 

1. to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
2. to make a sound resembling this.

v.t. 

3. to utter with sobs.
4. to put, send, etc., by sobbing or with sobs:
   to sob oneself to sleep.

n. 

5. the act of sobbing;
   a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
6. any sound suggesting this.

• Middle English sobben, apparently imitative 1150–1200

sob′ber, n. 
sob′bing•ly, adv. 
sob′ful, adj. 

S.O.B., (sometimes l.c.)[Slang.]

1. Slang Terms See son of a bitch. 

Also, SOB 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sob / sɒb/ verb (sobs, sobbing, sobbed)

1. (intransitive) to weep with convulsive gasps
2. (transitive) to utter with sobs
3. to cause (oneself) to be in a specified state by sobbing: to sob oneself to sleep

noun

1. a convulsive gasp made in weeping

Etymology: 12th Century: probably from Low German; compare Dutch sabben to suck

ˈsobbing noun , adjective