gob

Wad of gunk

Gob has several unrelated meanings.

A gob is a lump or blob of something soft or wet: a gob of spit, gobs of butter.

In the plural, gobs means a large amount: gobs of money.

In British slang, gob is the mouth: Shut your gob.

To gob is to spit.

A gob is also dated American slang for a sailor in the U.S.

Navy.

lump

blob

Shapeless viscous drop

  • globAmorphous soft mass
  • wadSoft compressed mass
  • dollopSmall shapeless portion

clump · chunk · hunk · mass · clod · splodge · splotch · nugget · knob · mound

spit

saliva

Mouth's digestive secretion

hawk · hock · loogie · drool · slobber · spray · splatter · dribble · mucus · discharge

mouth

lips

Mouth's outer edges

  • tongueOral muscle for taste
  • jawBone holding teeth
  • teethEnamel-covered chewing structures

gums · palate · maw · trap · kisser · yap · piehole · chops · muzzle · cakehole

sailor

deckhand

Ship's manual laborer

bluejacket · tar · jack · matey · shipmate · swab · rating · navy · merchant · enlisted

abundance

lots

Large amount, or parcels

  • heapsLarge informal quantities
  • loadsLarge quantities
  • oodlesInformal term for plenty

masses · tons · piles · stacks · scads · bunches · wads · lashings · plenty · slew

Categories
Opposites
quantity/amount

gobbit

Small amount or portion

speck · smidgen · crumb · little · trace

MOUTH (British slang) - OPENNESS/SPEECH

gobsilence

Total lack of sound

quiet · mute · hush

Phrases
Family

gobble, gobs, gobbling, gobbles, gobbled, gobbler, gobsmacked, gobblers, gobbet

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G