gob

English

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Etymology

From Irish and/or Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gŏb, IPA: /ɡɒb/, SAMPA: /gQb/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

gob (countable and uncountable; plural gobs)

1. (countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.
2. (countable, UK, Australian, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth.

   He's always stuffing his gob with fast food.

   Oi, you, shut your gob!

   She's got such a gob on her - she's always gossiping about someone or other.

3. (uncountable, slang) Saliva or phlegm.

   He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.

4. (US, military, slang) Sailor.

Synonyms

• (the mouth):
  • (standard): mouth
  • (colloquial/slang): cakehole, face, mush, trap
• (saliva):
  • (standard): saliva, spit, sputum
  • (colloquial/slang):

Translations

a lump of soft or sticky material

Dutch: kwak (nl),slijmerige prop (nl),

Finnish: möykky (fi), paakku (fi), klöntti (fi), klimppi (fi)

slang: mouth

Dutch: smoel (nl), muil (nl) (slang) Finnish: turpa (fi) kita (fi) French: gueule (fr) f. (slang)

German: Schnauze (de) f. (slang) Italian: bocca (it) f.

slang: saliva or phlegm

Dutch: fluim (nl),rochel (nl) (slang) Finnish: räkä (fi), sylki (fi)

French: crachat (fr) m. (slang) Italian: sputo (it) m., saliva (it) f.

military slang: sailor

Dutch: matroos bij de Amerikaanse Marine (nl), Finnish: silakka (fi)

French: matelot (fr) m. de la Marine Américaine Italian: marinaio (it) m.

Derived terms

• gobby
• gobshite
• gobsmacked
• gobstopper
• shut your gob
• gob-up

Verb

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

1. To spit, especially to spit phlegm

Translations

to spit

Finnish: sylkäistä (fi), räkäistä (fi), räkiä (fi)

Anagrams

• bog

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbo- (“mouth”) (compare French gober (“gulp down”) and gobelet (“goblet”) from Gaulish) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”); compare jowl from Old English ċēafl; German Kiefer (“jaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡɔbˠ]

Noun

gob m.

1. beak, bill (of a bird etc.)
2. tip, point, projection
3. pointy nose, sticky beak, compare gobadán mná nosy parker of a woman

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gob goba Vocative a ghoib a ghoba Genitive goib gob Dative gob goba

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gob na goba Genitive an ghoib na ngob Dative leis an ngob don ghob leis na goba

Verb

gob

1. peck (as a bird etc.)
2. project, stick out, up

Inflection

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	gobaim	gobann tú; gobair†	gobann sé, sí	gobaimid	gobann sibh	gobann siad; gobaid†	gobtar
	past	ghob mé; ghobas†	ghob tú; ghobais†	ghob sé, sí	ghobamar	ghob sibh; ghobabhair†	ghob siad; ghobadar†	gobadh
	future	gobfaidh mé; gobfad†	gobfaidh tú; gobfair†	gobfaidh sé, sí	gobfaimid; gobfam†	gobfaidh sibh	gobfaidh siad; gobfaid†	gobfar
	past habitual	ghobainn	ghobtá	ghobadh sé, sí	ghobaimis	ghobadh sibh	ghobaidís	ghobtaí
imperative		gobaim	gob	gobadh sé, sí	gobaimis	gobaigí	gobaidís	gobtar
conditional		ghobfainn	ghobfá	ghobfadh sé, sí	ghobfaimis	ghobfadh sibh	ghobfaidís	ghobfaí
subjunctive	present	goba mé; gobad†	goba tú; gobair†	goba sé, sí	gobaimid	goba sibh	goba siad; gobaid†	gobtar
	past	gobainn	gobtá	gobadh sé, sí	gobaimis	gobadh sibh	gobaidís	gobtaí
verbal noun		gobadh
past participle		gobtha

† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gob	ghob	ngob
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gop, from Proto-Celtic *gobbo- (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡ̊ob̊], /kop/

Noun

gob m. (genitive guib, plural guib or goban)

1. bill, beak, nib, tip

   duilleag na ghob - a leaf in its bill

   gob circe - a hen's bill

   gob pinn - nib of a pen

   gob na stocainn - a tip of the sock

2. point

   gob an rubha - the point of the headland

   gob na snàthaide - the point of the needle

3. mouth

   gob na cùiteige - the mouth of the whiting

4. garrulity
5. babble

Derived terms

• glas-ghuib - gag; muzzle
• gobaire - busybody
• pìos àrd a' ghuib - maxilla
• pìos ìosal a' ghuib - jawbone

References

• The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary (Birlinn Limited, 1901-1911, Compiled by Edward Dwelly)
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)