plural of gobful

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material. / (countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth. / (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm. / (US, military, slang) A sailor.

To gather into a lump. / To spit, especially to spit phlegm. / (mining, intransitive) To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

plural of gob

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gob

simple past tense and past participle of gob

present participle of gob

(mining) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff. / The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

(chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) A mouthful. / (UK, slang, by extension) A large portion or amount. / (UK, Australia, slang) A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable.

plural of gobbing