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gob
English
Etymology
From Middle English gobben, gabben (“to drink greedily”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to Middle English gulpen (“to gulp”); or alternatively related to French gober (“swallow, gulp”), from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”), from Proto-Celtic *gobbos. See also gobbet.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: g?b, IPA(key): /??b/
- (General American) enPR: g?b, IPA(key): /??b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)
- (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
- 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309,
- These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes[sic] out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell.
- 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309,
- (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth.
- Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap
- (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.
- Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum
- (US, military, slang) A sailor.
- 1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18,
- For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job.
- 1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22,
- Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that?s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at.
- 1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18,
- (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
- 1930, Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 130, page 330,
- This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.
- 1930, Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 130, page 330,
- (US, regional) A whoopee pie.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)
- To gather into a lump.
- 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60,
- I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water.
- 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60,
- To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
- (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Translations
Anagrams
- BOG, bog
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *?eb?- (“jaw, mouth”); compare jowl from Old English ??afl; German Kiefer (“jaw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??b?/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /??b?/
Noun
gob m (genitive singular goib, nominative plural goba)
- beak, bill (of a bird etc.)
- tip, point, projection
- pointy nose
- nib
- (colloquial) mouth
Declension
Derived terms
- gobadán
- gob siosúir
Verb
gob (present analytic gobann, future analytic gobfaidh, verbal noun gobadh, past participle gobtha)
- (transitive, intransitive) peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.)
- (intransitive) project, stick out, up
Conjugation
Mutation
Further reading
- "gob" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gob” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gob” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eb?- (“jaw, mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kop/
Noun
gob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban)
- bill, beak, nib, tip
- point
- mouth
- garrulity
- babble
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- “gob” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
Slovene
Noun
gob
- genitive dual/plural of goba
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goe
English
Verb
goe
- Archaic spelling of go.
Anagrams
- EOG, GEO, Geo., ego, ego-, geo, geo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u/
- Rhymes: -u
Adjective
goe (comparative beter, superlative best)
- (East and West Flanders) good
Synonyms
- goed
Italian
Noun
goe f
- plural of goa
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English gon, from Old English g?n, from Proto-West Germanic *g?n.
Verb
goe (third-person singular simple present goeth, present participle goan, past participle ee-go)
- to go
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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