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: a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick
b
: a daub or spot of color
2
: something shapeless
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Example Sentences
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
Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
Like an ultrasound technician drops a blob of cold lubricant on a pregnant person's belly, the same is done on the neck region.
—Christine Coppa, Health, 15 Mar. 2023
It’s brought to life by 3-D animation and ported over from Lower Manhattan to virtual reality, growing into a nightmarish Cthulhu-like blob that surrounds their avatars.
—Dean Kissick, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
This blob then morphs into an earlier jellyfish life stage: a branching, plantlike polyp that in turn releases young jellies into the ocean.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
The Dynamic Island replaces the notch in the iPhone 14 Pros, and this shape-shifting blob that covers the camera hole in the screen offers a quick visual reminder that your phone is still doing something in the background.
—Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
Animated maps of the shifting front line show a red blob seeping westward like spilled wine spreading over a tablecloth.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
This blob is not exactly at the center of SN 1987A, though; it’s slightly offset.
—Yvette Cendes, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2020
Neil Godwin/Getty Images Tired of looking like a pixelated blob on your Zoom calls?
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 20 July 2022
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
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
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
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
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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Noun
Back in 2011, scientists noticed a huge blob of brown seaweed called sargassum forming a 5,000-mile belt from West Africa to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico—and has only grown bigger in the following years.
—Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
Like an ultrasound technician drops a blob of cold lubricant on a pregnant person's belly, the same is done on the neck region.
—Christine Coppa, Health, 15 Mar. 2023
It’s brought to life by 3-D animation and ported over from Lower Manhattan to virtual reality, growing into a nightmarish Cthulhu-like blob that surrounds their avatars.
—Dean Kissick, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
This blob then morphs into an earlier jellyfish life stage: a branching, plantlike polyp that in turn releases young jellies into the ocean.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
The Dynamic Island replaces the notch in the iPhone 14 Pros, and this shape-shifting blob that covers the camera hole in the screen offers a quick visual reminder that your phone is still doing something in the background.
—Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
Animated maps of the shifting front line show a red blob seeping westward like spilled wine spreading over a tablecloth.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
This blob is not exactly at the center of SN 1987A, though; it’s slightly offset.
—Yvette Cendes, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2020
Neil Godwin/Getty Images Tired of looking like a pixelated blob on your Zoom calls?
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 20 July 2022
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
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
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
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
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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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blob. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.
Kids Definition
blob
nounˈbläb
: a small lump of something thick and wet
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