sob
verb /sɒb/
/sɑːb/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sob | /sɒb/ /sɑːb/ |
| he / she / it sobs | /sɒbz/ /sɑːbz/ |
| past simple sobbed | /sɒbd/ /sɑːbd/ |
| past participle sobbed | /sɒbd/ /sɑːbd/ |
| -ing form sobbing | /ˈsɒbɪŋ/ /ˈsɑːbɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths
- I heard a child sobbing loudly.
- He started to sob uncontrollably.
Extra Examples- She began sobbing into her pillow.
- He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud.
- She was sobbing with pain and fear.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- loudly
- quietly
- …
- begin to
- start to
- hear somebody
- …
- into
- with
- sob your heart out
- begin sobing
- start sobing
- …
- [transitive] to say something while you are crying
- + speech ‘I hate him,’ she sobbed.
- sob something (out) He sobbed out his troubles.
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- bug
- drag
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- flag
- hug
- jog
- log
- mug
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- plug
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- confer
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- occur
- prefer
- refer
- star
- stir
- transfer
- acquit
- admit
- allot
- chat
- clot
- commit
- jut
- knit
- pat
- regret
- rot
- spot
- submit
- appal
- cancel
- channel
- control
- counsel
- enrol
- equal
- excel
- fuel
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- label
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Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.
Idioms
sob your heart out
- to cry noisily for a long time because you are very sad
- She flung herself at his chest and sobbed her heart out.