gob
verb/ɡɒb/
/ɡɑːb/
[intransitive] (British English, slang)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gob | /ɡɒb/ /ɡɑːb/ |
| he / she / it gobs | /ɡɒbz/ /ɡɑːbz/ |
| past simple gobbed | /ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/ |
| past participle gobbed | /ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/ |
| -ing form gobbing | /ˈɡɒbɪŋ/ /ˈɡɑːbɪŋ/ |
- to blow saliva out of your mouth synonym spitWord Originverb late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.
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