glob

noun
\ ˈgläb How to pronounce glob (audio) \

Definition of glob

1 : a small drop : blob
2 : a usually large and rounded mass

Other Words from glob

globby \ ˈglä-​bē How to pronounce glob (audio) \ adjective

Examples of glob in a Sentence

A glob of ice cream was stuck to his mustache. found a glob of chewing gum under my theater seat
Recent Examples on the Web The Steelers are like a glob of gum on the bottom of your shoe. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2021 That glob gets passed to elf No. 2 who, with a rolling pin, flattens it into a kind of sheet. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2021 In the case of mRNA vaccines (including the ones currently being used against COVID-19), the mRNA is coated in a wee glob of fat called a lipid nanoparticle. Sam Jones, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2021 For one, period clots can happen during that lovely time of the month, and the jelly-like glob doesn’t usually come out in a tidy little splash. Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2021 The defender’s eyes flutter close contentedly as Alicia Valdez winds three strands of his hair together, balancing a glob of Shine ‘n Jam gel on her wrist and a metal pick in her palm. Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2021 With the Sox and Yankees duking it out this weekend at Fenway, who can forget John Farrell having to call out Michael Pineda after ESPN cameras kept showing the black glob of substance on Pineda’s neck? BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021 These animals are serially monogamous with their meals, taking food in one glob at a time, then expelling the scraps through the same hole. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021 Except now there’s a tiny glob of Waterford cells in the mix. Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021

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First Known Use of glob

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for glob

perhaps blend of globe and blob

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28 Dec 2021

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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glob. Accessed 3 Jan. 2022.

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More Definitions for glob

glob

noun

English Language Learners Definition of glob

: a large, round drop of something soft or wet : blob

glob

noun
\ ˈgläb \

Kids Definition of glob

: a roundish drop of something soft or wet : blob a glob of whipped cream

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