| 1. | a mean and contemptible person, esp. a braggart. |
| 2. | a stupid and incompetent person. |
gob·shite  (gŏb'shīt') n. Chiefly British Slang A person regarded as mean or contemptible. [Perhaps ultimately from obsolete gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco or tobacco juice : gob2 + dialectal shite, excrement (from Middle English shiten, to defecate, from Old English *scītan; see skei- in Indo-European roots).] |