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English
Etymology
From Middle English gobben, gabben (“to drink greedily”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to Middle English gulpen (“to gulp”); or alternatively related to French gober (“swallow, gulp”), from Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”), from Proto-Celtic *gobbos. See also gobbet.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gŏb, IPA(key): /ɡɒb/
- (General American) enPR: gŏb, IPA(key): /ɡɑb/
- Rhymes: -ɒb
Noun
gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)
- (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
- 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309,
- These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes[sic] out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell.
- 1952, The Glass Industry, Volume 33, Ashlee Publishing Company, page 309,
- (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth.
- Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap
- (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.
- Synonyms: saliva, spit, sputum
- (US, military, slang) A sailor.
- 1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18,
- For the first time in history, new warship crews are virtually “prefabricated” by modern methods of fitting the gob to the job.
- 1948 June, Fred B. Barton, Mending Broken Gobs, The Rotarian, page 22,
- Taking a safe average of 2,000 rehabilitated young gobs a year, that′s a total of 100,000 years of salvaged manhood, a target worth shooting at.
- 1944 November, Fitting the Gob to the Job, Popular Mechanics, page 18,
- (uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
- 1930, Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 130, page 330,
- This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.
- 1930, Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 130, page 330,
- (US, regional) A whoopee pie.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)
- To gather into a lump.
- 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60,
- I liked to gob up two or three worms on a snelled hook, pinch three or four split shot onto the leader, and plunk it into the dark water.
- 1997 March, William G. Tapply, How to Catch a Trout on a Sandwich, Field & Stream, page 60,
- To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
- (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Translations
Anagrams
- BOG, bog
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔbˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡʌbˠ/
Noun
gob m (genitive singular goib, nominative plural goba)
- beak, bill (of a bird etc.)
- tip, point, projection
- pointy nose
- nib
- (colloquial) mouth
Declension
Derived terms
- gobadán
- gob siosúir
Verb
gob (present analytic gobann, future analytic gobfaidh, verbal noun gobadh, past participle gobtha)
- (transitive, intransitive) peck (ar (“at”)) (as a bird etc.)
- (intransitive) project, stick out, up
Conjugation
Mutation
Further reading
- “gob” in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gob” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gob” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kop/
Noun
gob m (genitive singular guib, plural guib or goban)
- bill, beak, nib, tip
- point
- mouth
- garrulity
- babble
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- “gob” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
Slovene
Noun
gob
- genitive dual/plural of goba
English
Etymology
From Middle English seman, from Old English sǣmann, equivalent to sea + -man. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiːmən/
- Rhymes: -iːmən
- Homophones: seamen, semen
Noun
seaman (plural seamen)
- A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
- (Britain, Navy) A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
- (US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
- A merman; the male of the mermaid.
- , Book III
- not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
- , Book III
Coordinate terms
- seawoman
Related terms
- AB
- able seaman
- able-bodied seaman
- ordinary seaman
- seamanship
Translations
See also
- seaman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Samean, Semaan, amanse