1
a
: a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick
b
: a daub or spot of color
2
: something shapeless
Examples of blob in a Sentence
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
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Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
This may look like blobs of mucus in the toilet or jelly-like strands of mucus on the stool.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 June 2025
Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 17 Jan. 2023
The blob-like shape is a result of spending several days in snowpack.
—Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2015
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Noun
But even that latter monster showed only a shimmering red blob of a planet with shifting, indistinct imagery.
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
This may look like blobs of mucus in the toilet or jelly-like strands of mucus on the stool.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 June 2025
Verb
The 30-centimeter-long adult grows out of a larva that is little more than a sesame seed–size blob with an eyespot at one end and a band of cilia around its body.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 17 Jan. 2023
The blob-like shape is a result of spending several days in snowpack.
—Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2015
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blob. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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