gob

gob¹ (ɡɒb)

—n
1.	a lump or chunk, esp of a soft substance
2.	informal (often plural) a great quantity or amount
3.	mining
	a. waste material such as clay, shale, etc
	b. a worked-out area in a mine often packed with this
4.	a lump of molten glass used to make a piece of glassware
5.	informal a globule of spittle or saliva

—vb , gobs, gobbing, gobbed
6.	informal (Brit) (intr) to spit

[C14: from Old French gobe lump, from gober to gulp down; see gobbet]

gob² (ɡɒb)

—n
	slang (US) an enlisted ordinary seaman in the US Navy

[C20: of unknown origin]

gob³ (ɡɒb)

—n
	a slang word (esp Brit) for the mouth

[C16: perhaps from Gaelic gob]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

gob

"a mouthful, lump," c.1382, from O.Fr. gobe "mouthful, lump," from gober "gulp, swallow down," probably from Gaul. *gobbo- (cf. Ir. gob "mouth," Gael. gob "beak"). This Celtic source also seems to be root of gob "mouth" (c.1550), which is the first element in gob-stopper "a kind of large hard candy"

(1928).

Slang Dictionary

gob definition

[gɑb]

n.
a blob or mass of something. : Take that horrid gob of gum out of your mouth!
n.
a large amount of something. (Often in the plural.) : I need gobs of money to get through school.
n.
the mouth. (Chiefly British.) : Pop that in your gob and see if you like it!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Gob definition

a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Matching Quote

"This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty ... what you will. I am going to sing for you, a little off key perhaps, but I will sing."

-Henry Miller

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