sob
noun/sɒb/
/sɑːb/
- an act or the sound of sobbing
- He gave a deep sob.
- Her body was racked (= shaken) with sobs.
- She managed to stifle (= stop) a sob.
Extra Examples- I couldn't hold back the heaving sobs.
- My father broke down into sobs.
- ‘I don't want to go!’ she said between sobs.
- ‘Why didn't you tell me?’ she asked with a sob.
- Choking back a sob, she ran to her father's chair.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- great
- …
- give
- let out
- break (down) into
- …
- break from somebody/something
- come from
- escape somebody/something
- …
- story
- between sobs
- on a sob
- through sobs
- …
- a sob of despair
- a sob of pain
- a sob of relief
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.Definitions on the go
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