1
: a small drop : blob
2
: a usually large and rounded mass
globby 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 Bites of a Reuben were interrupted by a glob of fatty gristle; the au jus in the Papa Eddie, a French dip with otherwise good brisket, was unbearably salty. Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 We’d been born into a world covered with paint: walls, baseboards, moldings, even radiators might be six or seven layers deep with it, architectural edges and corners dulled into globs, approximate shapes. Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024 What does a blue-green algal bloom look and smell like? Blue-green algal blooms tend to look like foam, oily paint, or mats and globs of chunky green stuff sitting on the surface of the water, according to the CDC. Katie Camero, SELF, 17 July 2024 The hundreds of rows of lights were evenly spaced around the glob. James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for glob 

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Word History

Etymology

perhaps blend of globe and blob

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of glob was in 1900

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“Glob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glob. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

glob

noun
: a small drop : blob

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