gob

== Translingual == === Symbol === gob (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Playero. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Playero terms == English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gŏb, IPA(key): /ɡɒb/ (General American) enPR: gŏb, IPA(key): /ɡɑb/ Rhymes: -ɒb === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”). ==== Noun ==== gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs) (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material. 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309, These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes[sic] out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell. (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm. Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum (countable, US, regional) A whoopie pie. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed) To gather into a lump. 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60, I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water. (slang, ambitransitive) To spit, especially to spit phlegm. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Probably from Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, mouth”). ==== Noun ==== gob (plural gobs) (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) The mouth. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: cakehole, mush, trap; see also Thesaurus:mouth ===== Derived terms ===== gob job rent-a-gob ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 3 === Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above. ==== Noun ==== gob (plural gobs) (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf. Coordinate terms: gangue, mullock, tailings ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed) (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine. === Etymology 4 === Shortened from gobby or gobshite. ==== Noun ==== gob (plural gobs) (US, military, slang) A sailor. [from 20th c.] 1918 October 22, Letter of Adlai Stevenson, quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976), page 53: Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy. 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 27 April: If it weren't for the Fleet I should scarcely be able to endure it. Gobs are always amusing, as you know. 1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18, For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job. 1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22, Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 5 === ==== Alternative forms ==== gog ==== Noun ==== gob (plural gobs) (nautical) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Anagrams === BOG, bog == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare Russian зоб (zob, “goitre”), jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɔbˠ/, /ɡɞbˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡobˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɞbˠ/ === Noun === gob m (genitive singular goib, nominative plural goba) beak, bill (of a bird etc.) tip, point, projection pointy nose nib (colloquial) mouth, gob ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: gob === Verb === gob (present analytic gobann, future analytic gobfaidh, verbal noun gobadh, past participle gobtha) (ambitransitive) peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.) (intransitive) project, stick out, up ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gob”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gob”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “gob”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kop/ === Noun === gob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban) bill, beak, nib, tip duilleag na ghob ― a leaf in its bill gob circe ― a hen's bill gob pinn ― nib of a pen gob na stocainn ― a tip of the sock point gob an rubha ― the point of the headland gob na snàthaide ― the point of the needle mouth gob na cùiteige ― the mouth of the whiting garrulity babble ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: gob === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “gob”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC == Slovene == === Noun === gob genitive dual/plural of goba