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gob

/ɡɒb/

noun

Meaning

  • A lump of soft or sticky material.

  • The mouth.

    "He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food."

  • Saliva or phlegm.

    "He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."

  • A sailor.

  • Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

  • A whoopee pie.

verb

Meaning

  • To gather into a lump.

  • To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

  • To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.