gobful

== English == === Etymology === From gob +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɒbfʊl/ === Noun === gobful (plural gobfuls or gobsful) (chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) A mouthful. (UK, slang, by extension) A large portion or amount. (UK, Australia, slang) A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable. 2007, Gideon Haigh, article in The Guardian, reprinted 2008, The Warne-Muralitharan Trophy: Marrige of Inconvenience, Inside Out: Writings on Cricket Culture, page 54, But his erstwhile colleague Jason Gillespie believes that the Sri Lankan probably expects it: ‘With Murali coming out he always cops a gobful in Australia and he′ll be expecting to cop that again. He might have to grin and bear it. […] ’