gobful
gobful · gobfuls · gobsful
A mouthfulA mouthful.
/ˈɡɒbfʊl/
Meaning
3 senses(Ireland, UK, slang)A mouthful.
(UK, broadly, slang)A large portion or amount.
(Australia, UK, slang)A blast of verbal abuse, usually considered justifiable.
The neighbours were having a noisy party so I went and gave them a gobful.
Origin
From gob + -ful.From gob + -ful.
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Forms
plural: gobfuls / gobsfulLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
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.