blob

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noun

1
a
: a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick
b
: a daub or spot of color
2
: something shapeless

blob

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verb

blobbed; blobbing

transitive verb

: to mark with blobs : splotch

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 photo on the story by the BBC’s Emily Monaco doesn’t look appetizing — blobs of chocolate-chip cookie dough plopped on a croissant. Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024 Progressivism acts like a blob that is indifferent to the institutions in which its members play roles. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024 Particles bumping each other closer together increases the halo’s density, and a horde of them can form a massive dark matter blob that produces gravitational lensing. Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2023 But there's also an unusual blob of warm water further to the west than is normally seen during an El Niño. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023 The Reasonable Woman cover art features an image of a woman in orange suit with a striped grey blob for heads and hands, the type of art fans have come to expect from the singer who has often obscured her face in pictures and public appearances in an effort to maintain her privacy. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024 In another time, before Donald Trump became the blob that swallowed the Republican Party, the former Arkansas governor would have been, at the least, a serious factor in the contest. Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024 The 16 Best Floor Mirrors of 2024 for Your Home Why are blob mirrors suddenly everywhere? Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2024 Like hiding your dog’s pill in a blob of peanut butter, the Milwaukee Public Library uses its videos to convey useful information to people who might not know all that the library has to offer. Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
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 The Pacific Ocean off South America—that big blue blob on the map—resists extreme heat because of the upwelling of cold, deep waters. Matt Simon, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022 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. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English (Scots)

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blob was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blob. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

blob

noun
ˈbläb
: a small lump of something thick and wet

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