gob1

[gob] /gɒb/
noun
1.
a mass or lump.
2.
gobs, Informal. a large quantity:
gobs of money.
3.
Also called goaf. Mining. waste or barren material.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English gobbe, variant of gobet gobbet

gob2

[gob] /gɒb/
noun, Slang.
1.
a sailor, especially a seaman in the U.S. Navy.
Origin
1910-15, Americanism; origin uncertain

gob3

[gob] /gɒb/
noun, Slang.
1.
the mouth.
Origin
1540-50; perhaps < Scots Gaelic gob mouth, beak

gob4

[gob] /gɒb/
verb (used without object), gobbed, gobbing, noun
1.
gab1 .
Origin
1685-95
British Dictionary definitions for gob

gob1

/ɡɒb/
noun
1.
a lump or chunk, esp of a soft substance
2.
(often pl) (informal) a great quantity or amount
3.
(mining)
  1. waste material such as clay, shale, etc
  2. a worked-out area in a mine often packed with this
4.
a lump of molten glass used to make a piece of glassware
5.
(informal) a globule of spittle or saliva
verb gobs, gobbing, gobbed
6.
(intransitive) (Brit, informal) to spit
Word Origin
C14: from Old French gobe lump, from gober to gulp down; see gobbet

gob2

/ɡɒb/
noun
1.
(US, slang) an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy
Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin

gob3

/ɡɒb/
noun
1.
a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth
Word Origin
C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob
Word Origin and History for gob
n.

"a mouthful, lump," late 14c., probably from Old French gobe "mouthful, lump," related to gober "gulp, swallow down," probably from Gaulish *gobbo- (cf. Irish gob "mouth," Gaelic gob "beak"). This Celtic source also seems to be root of gob "mouth" (mid-16c.), which is the first element in gob-stopper "a kind of large hard candy" (1928).

Slang definitions & phrases for gob

gob 1

noun
  1. A mass of viscous matter; blob: She chucked a big gob of plaster at me (1382+)
  2. (also gabs)A quantity, esp a large quantity: I think he's got gobs of money (1839+)

gob 2

noun

The mouth •Chiefly British use

[1550+; fr Irish]


gob 3

noun

A US Navy sailor; swabby

[1915+; perhaps fr earlier British gabby, ''coast guard; quarterdeckman,'' of unknown origin]


gob in the Bible

a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4.