gob
noun/ɡɒb/
/ɡɑːb/
(slang)- (British English) a rude way of referring to a person’s mouth
- Shut your gob! (= a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet)
- a small amount of a thick wet substance
- Gobs of spittle ran down his chin.
- [usually plural] (North American English) a large amount of something
- great gobs of cash
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak, mouth’. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.
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