gob

(gŏb)
n.

1. A small mass or lump.
2. Informal. A large quantity. Often used in the plural: a gob of money; gobs of time.

[Middle English gobbe, probably from Old French gobe, mouthful, from gober, to gulp, of Celtic origin.]

gob² (gŏb)
n. Slang
The mouth.

[Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.]

gob³ (gŏb)
n. Slang
A sailor.

[Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor. See gobshite.]

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noun

1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clod, clump, hunch, lump¹, nugget, wad. Informal hunk. See part/whole.
2. An indeterminately great amount or number. jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal bushel, heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

gob²

noun

The opening in the body through which food is ingested: mouth. Slang puss, trap. See mouth.

gob³

noun

A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship: jack (uppercase), jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman. Informal salt, tar. See sea.

n. informal, dated an American sailor.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

("well"?)

The site of a battle between David and the Philistines; it is not identified.

Concordance
II Sam 21:18-19

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1. gob
   noun, mainly Brit
   
   The mouth. (a.1550 —) .
   J. O'Faolain Would you be up to that? Just to try to get her to keep her gob shut? (1980).
   
   [Perh. from Gaelic and Irish gob beak, mouth, or from gab noun, talk.]
2. gob
   noun
   
   1: A lump of slimy matter. (1555 —) . verb trans. and intr.
   
   2: To spit. (1881 —) .
   D. Thomas And they thank God, and gob at a gull for luck (1953).
   
   [Middle English, from Old French go(u)be mouthful.]
3. gob
   noun, orig US
   
   An American sailor or ordinary seaman. (1915 —) .
   T. Rattigan Can you beat that—an earl being a gob (1944).
   
   [Cf. gobby noun.]

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• Soldiers and Military Life - gob: Slang. sailor in U.S. Navy

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - mund, kæft

2.
n. - spytklat, snot
v. intr. - spytte

3.
n. - sømand, mariner

Nederlands (Dutch)
bek, spuug, brok, (mv) bergen (figuurlijk), matroos

Français (French)
1.
n. - (GB) gueule

2.
n. - mollard, boule, (US) des quantités de
v. intr. - (GB) cracher (arg)

3.
n. - (US) mataf, marin

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Maul, Schnauze

2.
n. - Klumpen
v. - spucken

3.
n. - Blaujacke, Matrose (der amerikanischen Kriegsmarine)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σβόλος, (καθομ.) στόμα, ροχάλα
v. - (καθομ.) φτύνω ροχάλα

Italiano (Italian)
sputo, grugno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porção (f) (especialmente de algo pegajoso), marujo (m) (coloq.), uma grande quantidade (f)
v. - cuspir

Русский (Russian)
моряк, комок, глоток, плевок, рот, глотка, пустая порода, закладывать штрек

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - pico, boca

2.
n. - salivazo, escupitajo
v. intr. - salivar, escupir

3.
n. - marinero (especialmente en EE.UU.)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tugga, klump, gap, sjöman (sl.)
v. - spotta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一块

2. 水兵

3. 大量

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 大量

2.
n. - 一塊

3.
n. - 水兵

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (속어) 입

2.
n. - (미국 해군의) 수병
v. intr. - (속어) 침을 뱉다

3.
n. - 항해사, 뱃사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塊り, 採掘跡, 水兵, かたまり
v. - 充填する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتله, بحار (فعل) يبصق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כיח, רוק, גוש קטן‬
n. - ‮פה, מכרה נטוש‬
n. - ‮ימאי, מלח‬

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