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gob

UK/ɡɒb/ US/ɡɑb/ fairly common slang uk us

noun

1.
2.

a lump of slimey stuff

  • “a gob of phlegm”
3.

Origin

From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”).

Phrases

  • dough gob
  • gob iron
  • gob off
  • gob up
  • gobber tooth
  • shut one's gob

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