different between sobful vs gobful

English

Etymology

sob +? -ful

Adjective

sobful (comparative more sobful, superlative most sobful)

1. (archaic) Full of sobs; tearful, weeping.

English

Etymology

From gob +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???bf?l/

Noun

gobful (plural gobfuls or gobsful)

1. (chiefly Britain, Ireland, slang) A mouthful.
   • 1926, Robert H. Davis, Irvin S. Cobb, Over My Left Shoulder, page 20,

     The Professor, in order fittingly to celebrate this golden moment, leaned back in his chair, lit the worst cigar ever sold west of the Mississippi River, and blew five large gobfuls of smoke into the face of Mr. Gilhoolie, directly above him.

   • 1989, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, 1998, page 121,

     One after another, gobfuls of mash are gobbled up.

   • 2002, John Scott, Warra Warra, Peter Craven (editor), The Best Australian Stories 2002, page 311,

     They stood, mouths open and teeth bared, till the yolk-like film that seeped from their gums had slid to form small gobfuls, at which time, one after the other like a Gatling gun, they spat the slime at Pemmell?s face.

2. (Britain, slang, by extension) A large portion or amount.
   • 2005, L.J. Adlington, The Diary of Pelly-D, unnumbered page,

     Three of them were full already – the diggers had scooped up great gobfuls of concrete and soil.
3. (Britain, Australia, slang) A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable.
   • 2007, Gideon Haigh, article in The Guardian, reprinted 2008, The Warne-Muralitharan Trophy: Marrige of Inconvenience, Inside Out: Writings on Cricket Culture, page 54,

     But his erstwhile colleague Jason Gillespie believes that the Sri Lankan probably expects it: ‘With Murali coming out he always cops a gobful in Australia and he?ll be expecting to cop that again. He might have to grin and bear it. […] ’

   • 2011, Barry Hall, Michael Cowley, Pulling No Punches, unnumbered page,

     I usually cop gobfuls from opposition fans, which is fair enough. They pay their money to come along and give it to the players they don?t like.