SOB


Meaning of SOB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɒb ]

( sobs, sobbing, sobbed)

1.

When someone sobs , they cry in a noisy way, breathing in short breaths.

She began to sob again, burying her face in the pillow...

Her sister broke down, sobbing into her handkerchief.

VERB : V , V

• sob‧bing

The room was silent except for her sobbing.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you sob something, you say it while you are crying.

‘Everything’s my fault,’ she sobbed.

VERB : V with quote

3.

A sob is one of the noises that you make when you are crying.

N-COUNT

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