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glob

[ glob ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a drop or globule of a liquid.
a usually rounded quantity or lump of some plastic or moldable substance:
a little glob of clay; a huge glob of whipped cream.

glob

/ ɡlɒb /

informal.
a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substance
a glob of cream

Origin of glob¹

1895–1900; perhaps blend of globe and blob

Origin of glob¹

C20: probably from globe , influenced by blob

Fell in her tuna-fish salad and was swallowed in a glob of mayonnaise.

Paraglobulin, par-a-glob′ū-lin, n. a globulin found in blood-serum, fibrino-plastin.

The kerchief at his neck was turned knot-back and hung like a glob of crimson blood upon his breast.

Uniglobular, ū-ni-glob′ū-lar, adj. consisting of a single globe or globular part.

A great glob of smoke belched up from under the crumpled engine hood, and was followed by a tongue of hissing orange-red flame.

Jens Glob laid a complaint against the bishop, and summoned him before the temporal and the spiritual court.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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