blobbing

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, 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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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; apparently expressive formation

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blob (blɒb) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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 bubble]
 
'blobby
 
adj

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blob
1725, "drop, globule," from a verb meaning "to make or mark with blobs" (early 15c.), perhaps related to bubble.
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blob definition

[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.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
BLOB
very large binary file (from "binary large object")
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