different between gobby vs dobby

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bi/
• Rhymes: -?bi

Etymology 1

gob (“lump”) +? -y.

Adjective

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

1. (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
   • 1898, Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26

     But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.

Etymology 2

gob (“mouth”) +? -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

Adjective

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

1. (Britain, slang, derogatory, said of a person) Inclined to talk in a loud and offensive manner.

Noun

gobby (plural gobbies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of fellatio.
   • 2004, John Charalambous, Furies, Queensland, ?ISBN, page 164 [1]:

     In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby. Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you.

   • 2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), ?ISBN, page 278 [2]:

     He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door.

     "I'm not really in the mood for a gobby," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..."

   • 2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III <[email protected]>, "A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)", message-ID <[email protected]>, aus.tv, Usenet [3]:

     Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby? I would. She has a perdy mouth.

Synonyms

• (fellatio): blowjob

References

• Dictionary.com: "adj, -bier, -biest, informal, loudmouthed and offensive"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, ?ISBN: "adj., late 19C+, talkative"

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gobby.

References

• A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1886), by Robert Holland, page 9: "April gawby (W. Ches.), April gobby (Mid-Ches.), April gob (Macclesfield), s. an April fool"
• The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, A-C (1898), edited by Joseph Wright, published by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, etc, page 66, keyword "April": "APRIL [...] ·gobby, ·gowk, ·noddy, various names for an April fool"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, ?ISBN: "n., late 19C-1920s, 1. a sailor, 2 a coastguardsman"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, ?ISBN: "n., 1920s, US, a socially unacceptable person"

English

Alternative forms

• dobbie

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?bi

Noun

dobby (countable and uncountable, plural dobbies)

1. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric patterns.
2. The patterns so woven, or the fabric containing the patterns.
3. An evil or mischievous fairy or ghost sometimes said to haunt a building or household.
4. (archaic) A dotard.

Synonyms

• (dotard): dodipole, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard