Gob

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb

English

Etymology

Irish gob 'beak, bill'

Pronunciation

• gŏb, /ɡɒb/, /gQb/

  Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

gob (countable and uncountable, plural gobs)

1. (British) (countable; slang) The mouth.

   He's always stuffing her gob with fast food.

   Oi, you, shut your gob!

   She's got such a gob on her - she's always gossiping about someone or other.

2. (uncountable; slang) Saliva.

   He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.

Synonyms

• (the mouth):
  • (standard): mouth
  • (colloquial/slang): cakehole, face, mush, trap
• (saliva):
  • (standard): saliva, spit, sputum
  • (colloquial/slang):

Translations

slang: the mouth

French: gueule f German: Schnauze f

slang: saliva

French: crachat m

Derived terms

• gobby
• gobshite
• gobsmacked
• gobstopper
• shut your gob

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

gob m (gen.sg. goib, nom.pl. goba, gen.pl. gob)

1. beak, bill (of a bird etc.)
2. tip, point, projection

Verb

gob (pp. gobtha, vn. gobadh)

1. peck (as a bird etc.)
2. project, stick out, up