blob

noun

\ 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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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

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The massive blob was discovered by researchers using data from NASA’s 2011 Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, mission and mapping information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Astronomers Make Massive Discovery on the Far Side of the Moon," 12 June 2019 The massive blob showed up Tuesday evening on the radar. — Fox News, "What looks like a massive storm system on National Weather Service radar is actually a lot of ladybugs," 6 June 2019 But in reality, the massive blob showing up Tuesday evening on the National Weather Service’s radar in San Diego County was just a lot of ladybugs. — Ap Mcclatchy, The Mercury News, "High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar," 5 June 2019 But in reality, the massive blob showing up Tuesday evening on the National Weather Service’s radar in San Diego County was just a lot of ladybugs. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, latimes.com, "High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar," 4 June 2019 For the first time, Di Matteo and other scientists were able to say definitively that these blobs are hotter and denser than the typical solar wind. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "How a Second Look At 40-Year-Old Studies Helped Explain Solar Wind," 6 Apr. 2019 Within a week, the cells were growing into organoids—small blobs of tissue similar to organs in mature organisms. — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "Researchers grow a placenta in a petri dish," 4 Dec. 2018 In the middle of all of that blood was a round blob. — Kristin Toussaint, Teen Vogue, "Why Miscarriages Should Be in All Sex Ed Lesson Plans," 18 Apr. 2019 The first is a rather unorganized blob of convection previously associated with a tropical wave of energy at the surface. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, "From Houston to Corpus Christi, torrential rain may fall at times for days," 18 June 2018

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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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