gob
To gather into a lumpTo gather into a lump.
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» Shut your gob!
Halt den Mund! — Dejo
Halt’s Maul! — Espi
Halt die Goschen! — PeterR
Halte den Mund! — Esperantostern
Стули пельку! — deniko
sacredceltic · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo gather into a lump.
(ambitransitive, slang)To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
(intransitive)To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.
Examples
4 sentencesShut your gob!
Стули пельку! — deniko
deHalt den Mund! — Dejo
She spent gobs of money on clothes.
If only you'd kept your gob shut, Tom!
deWenn du doch nur die Klappe gehalten hättest, Tom! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Shut your gob.
deHalt die Goschen! — PeterR
Origin
From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump,From Middle English gobbe (also Middle English gobet), from Old French gobet, gobe (“lump, mouthful”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- (“neb, muzzle”).
Back-formation from gobbing, or a specified use of Etymology 1, above.
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Forms
gobs, gobbing, gobbed, gobbedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.