1
: lump
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
Examples of gob in a Sentence
Noun (1)
She grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel.
They have gobs of money.
Noun (2)
The barman demanded that the loud bloke shut his gob or risk getting sent out of the place.
Noun (3)
Avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!
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ABC News, 11 June 2026
But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House’s South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
The gob of mussel meat is slipped through it and snugged gently.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
The iPhone maker isn’t spending gobs of cash in the race to expand AI computing capacity, instead partnering with Google to power artificial intelligence features.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House's South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.
—ABC News, 11 June 2026
But the temporary arena is covering nearly the entirety of the White House’s South Lawn, where Marine One usually lands to ferry the president to out-of-town trips and gobs of kids scramble in the grass during the Easter Egg Roll every spring.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
The gob of mussel meat is slipped through it and snugged gently.
—Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
The iPhone maker isn’t spending gobs of cash in the race to expand AI computing capacity, instead partnering with Google to power artificial intelligence features.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gob
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“Gob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gob. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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gob
1 of 2 noun1
2
: a large amount
—usually used in plural
gobs of money
gob
2 of 2 noun
: sailor
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