1
as in chunk
a small uneven mass
grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel
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2
as in ton
gobs plural
a considerable amount
has gobs of money
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chiefly British
as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Idyllic 16-Inch Ball Ornament Wreath This 16-inch wreath swaps gobs of foliage for ball ornaments in scrumptious shades of copper and gold.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Throwing gobs of cash on ads is as useful as burning it if a campaign team isn’t sure what messages move the needle, who is listening, and where the targets land best.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
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Use up gobs of time on acrimonious debates about whether others are using their guides properly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Idyllic 16-Inch Ball Ornament Wreath This 16-inch wreath swaps gobs of foliage for ball ornaments in scrumptious shades of copper and gold.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Throwing gobs of cash on ads is as useful as burning it if a campaign team isn’t sure what messages move the needle, who is listening, and where the targets land best.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Gob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gob. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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