SOBS

Noun

sobs

plural of sob

Verb

sobs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sob

Anagrams

• BOSS, BSOs, boss

Noun

SOBs

plural of SOB

Anagrams

• BOSS, BSOs, boss

Source: Wiktionary


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. seĆ³fian, siĆ³fian, to complain, bewail, seĆ³fung, siĆ³fung, 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



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