gob

noun (a gob, gobs); verb (gob, gobs, gobbed, gobbing — slang, rare)

«gob» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(UK, slang, rude) Your mouth: Shut your gob! tree →
(slang) A lump or blob of something soft and wet, like a gob of spit or a gob of glue. tree →
(US, informal) Gobs of something means a lot of it: gobs of money. tree →
(UK, slang) To gob means to spit. tree →

In the lessons

Heard in everyday British, Irish and Australian talk and in stories with rough characters; not polite. Phrases: shut your gob, gobsmacked (amazed), gobstopper (a very big hard sweet), a gob of spit.

Examples

Shut your gob, you're giving the game away! tree →
There was a gob of chewing gum under the desk. tree →
He's got a big gob, he tells everyone everything. tree →
I was gobsmacked when I won the prize. tree →
Grandad bought me a gobstopper at the seaside. tree →
They've got gobs of money, they live in a mansion. tree →
Don't gob on the pavement, it's disgusting. tree →

Note

Rude and informal: do not say Shut your gob to a teacher. Gobsmacked (very surprised) is friendly slang and fine with friends. Gobstopper is a sweet, not rude at all. Gob is not a short form of goblin.

In Jewish tradition

A place where Israel fought the Philistines in David's time. Its exact location is not known. In the primary lessons: Heard in everyday British, Irish and Australian talk and in stories with rough characters; not polite. Phrases: shut your gob, gobsmacked (amazed), gobstopper (a very big hard sweet), a gob of spit.

Examples

And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant. (Prophets 2SA.21.18, JPS 1917) tree →
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (Prophets 2SA.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «gob» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«gob» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «gob» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«gob» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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