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blob

  [blob] noun, verb, blobbed, blob⋅bing.
–noun
1. a globule of liquid; bubble.
2. a small lump, drop, splotch, or daub: A blob of paint marred the surface.
3. an object, esp. a large one, having no distinct shape or definition: a blob on the horizon.
4. a dull, slow-witted, and uninteresting person.
–verb (used with object)
5. to mark or splotch with blobs.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME; appar. expressive formation
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blob   (blŏb)   
n.  

  1. A soft, amorphous mass.

  2. A daub, as of color.

tr.v.   blobbed, blob·bing, blobs
To splash or daub with blobs; splotch.

[From Middle English blober, bubble, bubbling, probably of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
blob [blɑb]

  1. n.
    a fool; an oaf. : Don't be a blob. Get up and get going.
  2. n.
    a useless dishrag of a person; a wimp. : I'm amazed that blob can tie his own shoes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blob 
1725, "drop, globule," from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (1429), perhaps related to bubble.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

BLOB
1. binary large object.
2. blitter object.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
BLOB
very large binary file (from "binary large object")
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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