I. ˈgäb noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English gobbe, from Middle French gobe large morsel of food, large mouthful, back-formation from gobet mouthful, bite, piece — more at gobbet
1. : a lump or mass of indefinite or variable shape
the mud was thick … and clung to our shoes like huge gobs of discolored dough — H.D.Skidmore
high fat clouds like gobs of whipped cream — William Faulkner
2. : a large amount — usually used in plural
he has gobs of money — P.B.Kyne
they will certainly find in it gobs … of unadulterated narrative — C.J.Rolo
3.
a. : a large mouthful of food
a beer to wash down the last gob of gluey rice — Earle Birney
b. : a large lump of some substance that is chewed and not swallowed (as tobacco)
4. : a mass of molten glass gathered on a blowpipe or in a feeder as the initial step in forming a glass object
5.
a. : the broken waste or filling left or placed in old mine workings
b. : a space from which material (as coal) has been mined
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Irish Gaelic & Scottish Gaelic, beak, protruding mouth
: mouth
a short stumpy man with a pipe perpetually in his gob — Walter Macken
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: sailor — usually used of an enlisted man in the United States Navy