1
: a small drop : blob
2
: a usually large and rounded mass
globby adjective

Examples of glob in a Sentence

A glob of ice cream was stuck to his mustache. found a glob of chewing gum under my theater seat
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Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor. Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 Wait a few hours—until the milk starts to curdle and produce solid globs that fall to the bottom—and strain out your liquids with a cheesecloth. Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 July 2024 Bites of a Reuben were interrupted by a glob of fatty gristle; the au jus in the Papa Eddie, a French dip with otherwise good brisket, was unbearably salty. Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 We’d been born into a world covered with paint: walls, baseboards, moldings, even radiators might be six or seven layers deep with it, architectural edges and corners dulled into globs, approximate shapes. Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for glob 

Word History

Etymology

perhaps blend of globe and blob

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of glob was in 1900

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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glob. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

glob

noun
: a small drop : blob

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