What is "gob" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does gob mean in English? Meaning of gob definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "gob" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "gob": a man who serves as a sailor

Noun

  • Meaning: a man who serves as a sailor
  • Synonyms: gob jack jack-tar mariner old salt sea dog seafarer seaman tar
  • Hyponyms: able seaman able-bodied seaman bargee bargeman bo's'n bo'sun boatswain bos'n bosun deckhand helmsman lighterman officer pilot roustabout sea lawyer ship's officer steerer steersman whaler
  • Hypernyms: crewman sailor
  • Meaning of "gob": a lump of slimy stuff

    Noun

  • Meaning: a lump of slimy stuff
  • Example: a gob of phlegm
  • Synonyms: gob
  • Hypernyms: ball chunk clod clump glob lump
  • Meaning of "gob": informal terms for the mouth

    Noun

  • Meaning: informal terms for the mouth
  • Synonyms: cakehole gob hole maw trap yap
  • Hypernyms: mouth oral cavity oral fissure rima oris
  • Synonyms:

    aggregation, gathering, cluster, fullness, concentration, bunch, cargo, congeries, hill, hoard, agglomeration, collection, bulk, haul, bundle, harvest, bank, abundance, jillion, batch, deposit, clump, assemblage, amassment, great deal, gobs, a lot, jumb, hunk, morsel, clod, hunch, bump, chunk, cluster, growth, bunch, mountain, group, dab, much, pile, lot, chip, ball, agglomeration, protrusion, handful, bulk, part, knot, bit, peck, crumb, nugget, bulge, portion, cake, piece, clump, block, knurl, protuberan,

    Antonyms:

    individual, one, individual, little, whole, one,

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