1
: lump
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
Noun (3)
Examples of gob in a Sentence
Noun (1)
grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel
has gobs of money
Noun (2)
he threatened the yob with a punch in the gob if he didn't stop insulting everyone
Noun (3)
avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!
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Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2019
In the last few years, dozens of these funds have raised gobs of cash and signed massive checks for loans to companies with hundreds of millions in cash flow.
—Michael Flaherty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Realize that generative AI is based on having scanned the Internet for gobs of content that reveals the nature of human writing.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Uber and Lyft, now public companies, are losing gobs of money, and the services’ most popular times are Friday evenings, which seems to indicate less that people are ditching their personal cars than ditching their personal cars while drinking.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2019
In the last few years, dozens of these funds have raised gobs of cash and signed massive checks for loans to companies with hundreds of millions in cash flow.
—Michael Flaherty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Realize that generative AI is based on having scanned the Internet for gobs of content that reveals the nature of human writing.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Gob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gob. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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gob
1 of 2 noun1
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
gob
2 of 2 noun
: sailor
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