blob

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /blɒb/ Rhymes: -ɒb (US) IPA(key): /blɑb/ Homophone: BLOB === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber. ==== Noun ==== blob (plural blobs) A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. (astronomy) A large cloud of gas. Ellipsis of extended Lyman-Alpha blob, a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy. (dialect) A bubble; a bleb. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing. (sports, slang) A score of zero. (as the blob) Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system. An extremely morbidly obese person, to the point of most of their body being composed of fat and nothing else. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== cluster ==== Verb ==== blob (third-person singular simple present blobs, present participle blobbing, simple past and past participle blobbed) (transitive) To splash in the form of a blob or blobs. (transitive) To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs. (intransitive) To fall in the form of a blob or blobs. 2013, Marcus Berkmann, "Blood and gore of the real 'who dunnits'," Review of Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery, Daily Mail, 22 August, 2013, [5] […] whether the blood has splashed, or blobbed, or trickled, can reveal whether the victim was killed here or moved afterwards. (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To spill sauce on oneself while eating. (intransitive, slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out. (intransitive) To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread. Synonym: bob ===== Derived terms ===== blob off blob out ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Blob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Physarum polycephalum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== blob (plural blobs) (databases) Alternative spelling of BLOB. === References === === Anagrams === Lobb