blob

noun

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\ ˈbläb

Definition of blob

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick

b : a daub or spot of color

2 : something shapeless

blob

verb

blobbed; blobbing

Definition of blob (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to mark with blobs : splotch

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Synonyms for blob

Synonyms: Noun

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Noun That blue blob in the corner of the map is the lake we're headed for. flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The rest of the process is a combination of shaping the blob of glass, blowing it, rolling it on the marver, and always, always making sure that everything is kept hot—this is the only way to keep the glass malleable and, therefore, workable. — Megan Embrey, House Beautiful, "In The Hotshop With Cheryl Saban, Glassmaker Extraordinaire," 16 Feb. 2021 Only to return as a cat or a white blob or voiced by Tina Fey. — Jason Kehe, Wired, "What You Lose When You Turn Into an Animal," 18 Jan. 2021 One such blob of polar air will dominate our weather into mid-February. — Star Tribune, "Wind Chill Advisory This Weekend With Frigid Weather Through Next Week," 5 Feb. 2021 On December 14, 2020, a camera onboard a satellite recorded something that looked like a brown blob streaking across South America. — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, "December’s Total Solar Eclipse as Seen from Space," 22 Jan. 2021 The reams of mostly white bearded men that descended upon the Capitol last week wasn’t an amorphous blob. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, "Anything for Selena and 4 More Podcasts Worth Trying," 13 Jan. 2021 Not only does jazz musician Joe (Foxx) spend most of the movie as a celestial blob and later a housecat, but – spoiler alert! — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "The definitive ranking of all 23 Pixar movies (including 'Soul')," 29 Dec. 2020 After operating for nearly half a century, the plant has created an underground blob of extremely salty, phosphorus-rich water several miles wide. — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, "America’s green energy hopes hinge on propping up aging nuclear plants," 19 Dec. 2020 Scientists have discovered a new blob-like species of ctenophore, or comb jelly, off Puerto Rico. — James Rogers, Fox News, "New gelatinous 'blob' species discovered in the depths of the ocean," 3 Dec. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Saturn will be the smaller, fainter blob at Jupiter's upper right. — Arkansas Online, "Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries," 22 Dec. 2020 In his paper, Ehrlich drew a toxin as an amoeboid blob with small nubs jutting out of it, each differently shaped; the antibodies were like little tadpoles whose mouths sometimes fit exactly onto the nubs. — James Somers, The New Yorker, "How the Coronavirus Hacks the Immune System," 2 Nov. 2020 The felt tip glides smoothly and doesn't skip or drag—or the worst, bleed, leaving you with a big black ink blob on your eyes. — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, "Stila Eyeliner Review: We Tried Amazon’s Best-Selling Liquid Liner," 13 Oct. 2020 Although seaweed is normal, seaweed blobs this thick are not. — Jacob Sweet, miamiherald, "Lots of sun, and brown slimy seaweed, in the forecast for South Florida beaches," 3 July 2018

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