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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French gobe , goube ( “ lump, mouthful ” ) , from Gaulish.
Noun
gob (countable and uncountable , plural gobs )
( countable ) A lump of soft or sticky material.
1952 , The Glass Industry , Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309 ,
These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell.
( uncountable , slang ) Saliva or phlegm.
Synonyms: saliva , spit , sputum
He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.
( US , regional ) A whoopee pie .
Derived terms
Translations
lump of soft or sticky material
Verb
gob (third-person singular simple present gobs , present participle gobbing , simple past and past participle gobbed )
To gather into a lump .
1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich , Field & Stream , page 60 ,
I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water.
( slang , transitive , intransitive ) To spit , especially to spit phlegm.
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Etymology 2
Probably from Irish gob , Scottish Gaelic gob ( “ beak, mouth ” ) .
Noun
gob (plural gobs )
( countable , UK , Australia , New Zealand , Ireland , slang ) The mouth .
Synonyms: cakehole , face , mush , trap
He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.
Oi, you, shut your gob !
She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other.
2005 , “Tango”, in Public Warning , performed by Lady Sovereign :Now washing you will be like washing a goth / All that black lipstick around their gobs
Translations
Etymology 3
Back-formation from gobbing , or a specified use of Etymology 1, above.
Noun
gob (plural gobs )
( uncountable , mining ) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf .
1930 , Engineering and Mining Journal , volume 130 , page 330 :This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.
Translations
Verb
gob (third-person singular simple present gobs , present participle gobbing , simple past and past participle gobbed )
( mining , intransitive ) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Etymology 4
Shortened from gobby or gobshite .
Noun
gob (plural gobs )
( US , military , slang ) A sailor .
1918 October 22, Letter of Adlai Stevenson , quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson of Illinois: The Life of Adlai E. Stevenson (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976), page 53:
Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy.
1928 , Hart Crane , letter, 27 April:
If it weren't for the Fleet I should scarcely be able to endure it. Gobs are always amusing, as you know.
1937 , Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs , published 1986 , page 94 :Full-cut, dashing "gob " slacks with back pocket.
1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job , Popular Mechanics , page 18 ,
For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job.
1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs , The Rotarian , page 22 ,
Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at.
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Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gop , from Proto-Celtic *gobbos ( “ mouth ” ) (compare French gober ( “ gulp down ” ) and gobelet ( “ goblet ” ) from Gaulish ) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- ( “ jaw, mouth ” ) ; compare Russian зоб ( zob , “ goitre ” ) , jowl from Old English ċēafl ; German Kiefer ( “ jaw ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gob m (genitive singular goib , nominative plural goba )
beak , bill (of a bird etc.)
tip , point , projection
pointy nose
nib
( colloquial ) mouth
Dún do ghob ! Shut your mouth!
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
gob (present analytic gobann , future analytic gobfaidh , verbal noun gobadh , past participle gobtha )
( transitive , intransitive ) peck (ar ( “ at ” ) ) ( as a bird etc. )
( intransitive ) project , stick out , up
Conjugation
singular
plural
relative
autonomous
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative
present
gobaim
gobann tú; gobair †
gobann sé, sí
gobaimid
gobann sibh
gobann siad; gobaid †
a ghobann ; a ghobas / a ngobann *; a ngobas *
gobtar
past
ghob mé; ghobas
ghob tú; ghobais
ghob sé, sí
ghobamar ; ghob muid
ghob sibh; ghobabhair
ghob siad; ghobadar
a ghob / ar ghob *
gobadh
past habitual
ghobainn / ngobainn ‡‡
ghobtá / ngobtá ‡‡
ghobadh sé, sí / ngobadh sé, s퇇
ghobaimis ; ghobadh muid / ngobaimis ‡‡; ngobadh muid‡‡
ghobadh sibh / ngobadh sibh‡‡
ghobaidís ; ghobadh siad / ngobaidís ‡‡; ngobadh siad‡‡
a ghobadh / a ngobadh *
ghobtaí / ngobtaí ‡‡
future
gobfaidh mé; gobfad
gobfaidh tú; gobfair †
gobfaidh sé, sí
gobfaimid ; gobfaidh muid
gobfaidh sibh
gobfaidh siad; gobfaid †
a ghobfaidh ; a ghobfas / a ngobfaidh *; a ngobfas *
gobfar
conditional
ghobfainn / ngobfainn ‡‡
ghobfá / ngobfá ‡‡
ghobfadh sé, sí / ngobfadh sé, s퇇
ghobfaimis ; ghobfadh muid / ngobfaimis ‡‡; ngobfadh muid‡‡
ghobfadh sibh / ngobfadh sibh‡‡
ghobfaidís ; ghobfadh siad / ngobfaidís ‡‡; ngobfadh siad‡‡
a ghobfadh / a ngobfadh *
ghobfaí / ngobfaí ‡‡
subjunctive
present
go ngoba mé; go ngobad †
go ngoba tú; go ngobair †
go ngoba sé, sí
go ngobaimid ; go ngoba muid
go ngoba sibh
go ngoba siad; go ngobaid †
—
go ngobtar
past
dá ngobainn
dá ngobtá
dá ngobadh sé, sí
dá ngobaimis ; dá ngobadh muid
dá ngobadh sibh
dá ngobaidís ; dá ngobadh siad
—
dá ngobtaí
imperative
gobaim
gob
gobadh sé, sí
gobaimis
gobaigí ; gobaidh †
gobaidís
—
gobtar
verbal noun
gobadh
past participle
gobtha
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
gob
ghob
ngob
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38 , page 21
Further reading
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gob ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “gob ” in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe .
Entries containing “gob ” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gop , from Proto-Celtic *gobbos ( “ mouth ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- ( “ jaw, mouth ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gob m (genitive singular guib , plural guib or goban )
bill , beak , nib , tip
duilleag na ghob ― a leaf in its bill
gob circe ― a hen's bill
gob pinn ― nib of a pen
gob na stocainn ― a tip of the sock
point
gob an rubha ― the point of the headland
gob na snàthaide ― the point of the needle
mouth
gob na cùiteige ― the mouth of the whiting
garrulity
babble
Derived terms
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical
Lenition
gob
ghob
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
Further reading
Edward Dwelly (1911), “gob ”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary ], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language , Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
Slovene
Noun
gob
genitive dual / plural of goba