English Dictionary

gob

/ɡɒb/

noun

(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.

I accidentally stepped on a gob of chewing gum.

意味（1）

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.

These inventors have discovered that gobs may be fed at widely spaced times without allowing the glass to flow during the interval but instead flushes out the chilled glass which accumulates during the dwell.

意味（2）

(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth.

He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food.

意味（3）

(uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.

He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.

意味（4）

(US, military, slang) A sailor.

Well I have taken the oath of allegiance for 4 years service anywhere in the world and am now a real 'gob' in the U. S. Navy. Believe me I am certainly one hot looking little 'Jack' and you will just about split when you see me.

意味（5）

(uncountable, mining) Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

This consisted in wheeling gob back to the most distant part of the stope and filling up the sets right up to the roof.

意味（6）

(US, regional) A whoopee pie.