different between flob vs floc

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl?b/

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly imitative.

Noun

flob (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang) Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

Verb

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

1. (Britain, slang) To spit or to gob.
   • 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 27 Sep 2010:

     I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.

References

• OED 2006

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of flop.

Verb

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

1. To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.

English

Alternative forms

• flocc

Etymology

From Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), or from French floc (“floc”), from the same Latin source.

Noun

floc (countable and uncountable, plural flocs)

1. A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.

Anagrams

• FCOL, OFLC

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fl?k/

Noun

floc m (plural flocs)

1. tuft, lock (a bunch of feathers, hair, or grass held together at the base)
2. flake of snow

Derived terms

• flocadura

Further reading

• “floc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “floc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “floc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “floc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• flok

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Noun

floc m

1. flock, tuft
2. flake

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin floccus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

floc m (plural floci)floc n (plural floace)

1. floc, floccule
2. tuft (of hair)
3. flock (of wool)
4. (slang) pubic hair

Declension

Masculine:

Neuter:

Related terms

• flocos

See also

• mi??
• smoc
• ?uvi??
• fulg