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!
Recent Examples on the Web
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
Media outlets spent gobs of money to cover the confab, deploying heaps of journalists to flood the zone with coverage.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 July 2024
The Chiefs don’t have gobs of money sitting around following Chris Jones’ massive deal this offseason, so Veach’s decision here will be noteworthy.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024
Having sat through the screening Tarantino was gob smacked how period Jackie Brown felt in the 1995 of it all from busy malls to lack of cell phones.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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Noun
Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
Media outlets spent gobs of money to cover the confab, deploying heaps of journalists to flood the zone with coverage.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 July 2024
The Chiefs don’t have gobs of money sitting around following Chris Jones’ massive deal this offseason, so Veach’s decision here will be noteworthy.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024
Having sat through the screening Tarantino was gob smacked how period Jackie Brown felt in the 1995 of it all from busy malls to lack of cell phones.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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“Gob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gob. Accessed 20 Sep. 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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