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gob

1  [gob]
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–noun
1. a mass or lump.
2. gobs, Informal. a large quantity: gobs of money.
3. Also called goaf. Mining. waste or barren material.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gobbe, var. of gobet gobbet
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gob

2  [gob]
–noun Slang.
a sailor, esp. a seaman in the U.S. Navy.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; orig. uncert.

gob

3  [gob]
–noun Slang.
the mouth.
Origin:
1540–50; perh. < ScotGael gob mouth, beak

gob

4  [gob] verb (used without object), gobbed, gob⋅bing, noun British Dialect
gab 1 .
Origin:
1685–95
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gob 1   (gŏb)   
n.  

  1. A small mass or lump.

  2. Informal A large quantity. Often used in the plural: a gob of money; gobs of time.


[Middle English gobbe, probably from Old French gobe, mouthful, from gober, to gulp, of Celtic origin.]
gob 2   (gŏb)   
n.   Slang
The mouth.

[Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.]
gob 3   (gŏb)   
n.   Slang
A sailor.

[Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor; see gobshite.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
gob [gɑb]

  1. n.
    a blob or mass of something. : Take that horrid gob of gum out of your mouth!
  2. n.
    a large amount of something. (Often in the plural.) : I need gobs of money to get through school.
  3. 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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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Gob

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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