[verb] -bb- - to cry noisily, taking in deep breathsI found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favourite doll. [I]You're not going to help matters by lying there sobbing! [I]She sobbed herself to sleep (= made herself go to sleep by crying) the night that you left. [T]She was sobbing her heart out (= crying a lot)!
SOB
Meaning of SOB in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012