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单词 glob
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glob

[ glob ]
/ glɒb /
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noun

a drop or globule of a liquid.
a usually rounded quantity or lump of some plastic or moldable substance: a little glob of clay; a huge glob of whipped cream.

Origin of glob

1895–1900; perhaps blend of globe and blob

Words nearby glob

Gliwice, Gln, gloam, gloaming, gloat, glob, global, global aphasia, global community, global dimming, global economy
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Example sentences from the Web for glob

  • Fell in her tuna-fish salad and was swallowed in a glob of mayonnaise.

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  • I here send you a paragraph which I clipted from the weekly Glob.

    The Underground Railroad|William Still
  • The kerchief at his neck was turned knot-back and hung like a glob of crimson blood upon his breast.

    Tharon of Lost Valley|Vingie E. Roe
  • The glob hit the floor, bounced up a couple of inches, fell back, bounced again and then quivered to a stop.

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British Dictionary definitions for glob

glob
/ (ɡlɒb) /

noun

informal a rounded mass of some thick fluid or pliable substancea glob of cream

Word Origin for glob

C20: probably from globe, influenced by blob
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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