gob

noun

/ɡɒb/

/ɡɑːb/

(slang)

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(British English) a rude way of referring to a person’s mouth
- Shut your gob! (= a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet)
a small amount of a thick wet substance
- Gobs of spittle ran down his chin.
[usually plural] (North American English) a large amount of something
- great gobs of cash

Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak, mouth’. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.

gob

verb

/ɡɒb/

/ɡɑːb/

[intransitive] (British English, slang)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they gob	/ɡɒb/ /ɡɑːb/
he / she / it gobs	/ɡɒbz/ /ɡɑːbz/
past simple gobbed	/ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/
past participle gobbed	/ɡɒbd/ /ɡɑːbd/
-ing form gobbing	/ˈɡɒbɪŋ/ /ˈɡɑːbɪŋ/

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to blow saliva out of your mouth synonym spit
Word Originverb late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.