gobby

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɒbi/ Rhymes: -ɒbi === Etymology 1 === From gob (“lump”) +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest) (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From gob (“mouth”) +‎ -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby. ==== Adjective ==== gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory, said of a person) Inclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner. ==== Noun ==== gobby (plural gobbies) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An act of fellatio. Synonyms: fellatio, blowjob, gob job; see also Thesaurus:oral sex 2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), →ISBN, page 278 [2]: He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door. "I'm not really in the mood for a gobby," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..." ==== References ==== Dictionary.com: "adj, -bier, -biest, informal, loudmouthed and offensive" Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "adj., late 19C+, talkative" === Quotations === For quotations using this term, see Citations:gobby. === References === A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1886), by Robert Holland, page 9: "April gawby (W. Ches.), April gobby (Mid-Ches.), April gob (Macclesfield), s. an April fool" The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, A-C (1898), edited by Joseph Wright, published by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, etc, page 66, keyword "April": "APRIL [...] ·gobby, ·gowk, ·noddy, various names for an April fool" Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "n., late 19C-1920s, 1. a sailor, 2 a coastguardsman" Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "n., 1920s, US, a socially unacceptable person" “gobby n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present “gobby n.3”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present