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How to pronounce gob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap
Type of oral fissure, oral cavity, mouth, rima oris
Type Words
Synonyms jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar
Type of crewman, sailor
Has types roustabout, sea lawyer, ship's officer, steerer, steersman, whaler, able seaman, bargee, bargeman, bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun, deckhand, helmsman, lighterman, officer, pilot, able-bodied seaman
Type Words
Type of clump, chunk, ball, glob, lump, clod


a gob of phlegm.

Examples of gob

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The experience left the septuagenarian designer sounding positively gob-smacked.
From the newsweek.com
I was gob-smacked, and every corner that we turned there seemed to be more fans.
From the leighjournal.co.uk
Those who don't may wear the look of the gob-smacked, just like Graeme and Clive.
From the delawareonline.com
Michael Malthouse is coming over now, he's pointing and giving them a gob full.
From the dailytelegraph.com.au
Since that finger applies the least pressure, you're unlikely to gob on too much.
From the cnn.com
Or otherwise, please just keep your gob shut because everyone is laughing at you.
From the guardian.co.uk
I must get the full flavour experience from anything that enters my jesterly gob.
From the guardian.co.uk
Is the best way to taste food really to shovel as much as possible into your gob?
From the guardian.co.uk
Watching Gregg Wallace shovel food into his gob doesn't get tougher than this.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Mariner: a man who serves as a sailor
  • A lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
  • Trap: informal terms for the mouth
  • (gobs) tons: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
  • Gob is a nine-track album and the first release ever by Canadian Punk rock band Gob. It is the first release on Landspeed Records (LSCD-001).
  • Gob is a Canadian punk rock band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1994. The band's trademark sound relies heavily on distorted guitars. Their single "I Hear You Calling" was featured on Electronic Arts's NHL 2002 video game. ...
  • A lump of soft or sticky material; The mouth; Saliva or phlegm; Sailor; To spit, especially to spit phlegm
  • Groups of Blocks. In the encoding process, each picture is subdivided into groups of blocks and then further divided into macro blocks.
  • A pile of loose waste, coal and other minerals extracted from a mine that are not marketable. Gob may be left piled in underground workings or at the surface of the mine.