1
: lump
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
Examples of gob in a Sentence
Noun (1)
grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel
has gobs of money
Noun (2)
he threatened the yob with a punch in the gob if he didn't stop insulting everyone
Noun (3)
avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
In language as deft and muscular as Rosa’s team, Drexler captures the scent of the blood and the resin, every wisecrack and sob story, every flake of talc and gob of spit, every pimple and blackhead on the lady wrestlers’ thighs.
—Lauren Elkin, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Those days are mostly gone now (except perhaps at Apple TV+, which continues to leverage its parent company's deep pockets to throw gobs of money at any actor or IP with a moderately recognizable name).
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Expect more extraterrestrial viruses, gobs of green goo, pugnacious parasites, ailing hybrid creatures, and the controversial prospect of a new mind control therapy.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Yet another simply plunged an entire baguette into a jar and shoved it, dripping, into his gob.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
In language as deft and muscular as Rosa’s team, Drexler captures the scent of the blood and the resin, every wisecrack and sob story, every flake of talc and gob of spit, every pimple and blackhead on the lady wrestlers’ thighs.
—Lauren Elkin, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Those days are mostly gone now (except perhaps at Apple TV+, which continues to leverage its parent company's deep pockets to throw gobs of money at any actor or IP with a moderately recognizable name).
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Expect more extraterrestrial viruses, gobs of green goo, pugnacious parasites, ailing hybrid creatures, and the controversial prospect of a new mind control therapy.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for gob
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“Gob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gob. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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gob
1 of 2 noun1
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
gob
2 of 2 noun
: sailor
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