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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, especially 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 Middle English; apparently expressive formation
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation
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| blob (blɒb) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid |
| 2. | a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc |
| 3. | a indistinct or shapeless form or object |
| 4. | a slang word for condom |
| —vb , blobs, blobbing, blobbed | |
| 5. | (tr) to put blobs, as of ink or paint, on |
| [C15: perhaps of imitative origin; compare | |
| 'blobby | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
blob
1725, "drop, globule," from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (early 15c.), perhaps related to bubble.
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Slang Dictionary
blob definition[blɑb]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| BLOB very large binary file (from "binary large object") |
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