as in chunk
a small uneven mass
deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk
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Recent Examples of gobbet
New York City schools had stopped serving the savory poultry gobbets after people found foreign objects inside them.
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Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 28 June 2023
In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church’s stonework throughout.
—Feargus O'Sullivan, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
Afterlife with Archie cheerfully drops bloody gobbets of doom on the carefree world of Riverdale.
—Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018
But of real emotional value, this season has great gobbets.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 12 Feb. 2018
The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee’s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 28 June 2023
In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church’s stonework throughout.
—Feargus O'Sullivan, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
Afterlife with Archie cheerfully drops bloody gobbets of doom on the carefree world of Riverdale.
—Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018
But of real emotional value, this season has great gobbets.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 12 Feb. 2018
The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee’s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbet
Noun
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But a chunk of the typical campus demographic was missing.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In execution, though, those sound principles produced a self-effacing Cartesian colossus — a massive hunk of boring.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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Alongside a generous portion of green beans and a protein of your choosing (chicken, pork, shrimp, beef, tofu or none), the crown jewel of the stew is the hearty hunks of Japanese kabocha squash, aka the Japanese pumpkin.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Later that night, a man handed the young woman a wad of cash.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Everyone gathered around to help flip the meat, stuffing wads of lettuce wraps into their cheeks and washing it down with soju.—
Irene Yoo
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Discard the woody central clump of the plant when dividing.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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The aberrant gene makes a form of the huntingtin protein that clumps into toxic aggregates, which prevent nerves from functioning normally.—
Alice Park,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass, but other signs and symptoms include swelling of the breast, skin dimpling, breast or nipple pain, nipple discharge aside from breast milk and nipple or breast skin that is red, dry, flaky or thickened, according to ACS.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gradually whisk in the milk, making sure lumps do not form.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Gobbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbet. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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