GOB

trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob

(noun) informal terms for the mouth

gob

(noun) a lump of slimy stuff; “a gob of phlegm”

mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog

(noun) a man who serves as a sailor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.

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

(uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.

(US, military, slang) A sailor.

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

(US, regional) A whoopee pie.

Synonyms

• (the mouth)

(standard): mouth

(colloquial/slang): cakehole, face, mush, trap

• (saliva)

(standard): saliva, spit, sputum

(colloquial/slang)

Verb

gob (third-person singular simple present gobs, present participle gobbing, simple past and past participle gobbed)

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.

Anagrams

• BOG, bog

Source: Wiktionary

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Gob, n. Etym: [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining)

Definition: Same as Goaf.

Gob, n. Etym: [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. Gobble, Job, n.]

1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.

2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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