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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What does mold look like? When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind. Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025 Yet the passage of time has roughed over the fine details of their artistry, rendering these once-crisp lines into fuzzy globs. Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 Jan. 2025 Meanwhile, two members of the Oilers’ ice crew had to come onto the ice to pick up the rest of the chips and scrape the globs of cheese off the ice. Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025 Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 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 3 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

glob

noun
: a small drop : blob

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