SOBBING

sob, sobbing

(noun) convulsive gasp made while weeping

SOB

sob

(verb) weep convulsively; “He was sobbing inconsolably”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

sobbing

Present participle and gerund of sob.

Noun

sobbing (countable and uncountable, plural sobbings)

Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.

Synonyms: crying, sobs

Adjective

sobbing (not comparable)

That or who sobs.

Synonym: crying

Anagrams

• Gibbons, gibbons, gobbins

Source: Wiktionary

Sob"bing, n.

Definition: A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

SOB

Sob, v. t. Etym: [See Sop.]

Definition: To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] Etym: [OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s, s, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s to drink, OHG. s. Cf. Sup.]

Definition: To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon. She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden.

Sob, n.

1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.

2. Any sorrowful cry or sound. The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition