gob
gob — noun
- gobsingular
- gobsplural
1. an impolite word for a person's mouth — often used in expressions like 'shut you
an impolite word for a person's mouth — often used in expressions like 'shut your gob' to tell someone angrily to stop talking.
The farmer told the nosy tourist to shut his gob and mind his own business.
collocation: 'shut your gob' as a rude command
Liam stuffed his gob with chips and tried to answer his mother's question.
Amina wiped her gob with her sleeve after finishing the bowl of hot noodles.
The referee warned the angry player to keep his gob shut or get sent off.
Diego laughed loudly with a mouthful of chocolate still in his gob.
文法句型
someone's gob
shut your gob
用法筆記
Avoid in polite conversation. Most commonly appears in the fixed phrases 'shut your gob' (telling someone angrily to stop talking) and 'keep your gob shut' (staying silent about something). The 'keep your gob shut' pattern is how a speaker expresses the idea of not speaking at all. The word is strongly marked as British slang — American English speakers may not recognise it.
常見錯誤
2. a small, sticky blob of a wet substance such as glue, paint, food paste, or sali
a small, sticky blob of a wet substance such as glue, paint, food paste, or saliva.
Kenji wiped a gob of blue paint off the brush and into the tin.
pattern: 'a gob of [substance]'
The children giggled when they saw a gob of gum stuck to the teacher's chair.
Fatima noticed a gob of glue on her sleeve after finishing the art project.
A gob of phlegm sat on the footpath, and the children walked around it.
Liam scooped up a gob of peanut butter and spread it onto his toast.
文法句型
a gob of [substance]
用法筆記
Always followed by 'of' and the name of the wet substance. Commonly used for disgust-inducing or messy substances (saliva, glue, wet paint). Not used for dry, solid objects.
常見錯誤
3. a large quantity of something valuable, especially money or land.
a large quantity of something valuable, especially money or land.
Hassan made a gob of money selling his record collection to a shop in London.
collocation: 'a gob of money'
The company spent a gob of cash renovating the old warehouse near the river.
Olga inherited a gob of land from her grandfather in the Scottish Highlands.
Wei put a gob of savings into the new restaurant and hoped it would succeed.
文法句型
a gob of [something valuable]
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'money', 'cash', 'savings', or 'land'. Less common than synonyms like 'loads of' or 'a ton of'. Markedly British — not used in American English.
常見錯誤
gob — verb
- gobpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gobs3rd person singular
- gobbing-ing form
- gobbedpast simple
1. to force saliva from your mouth, usually onto the ground or at something, in a r
to force saliva from your mouth, usually onto the ground or at something, in a rough or unfriendly way.
The old farmer gobbed into the soil and wiped his chin with his sleeve.
intransitive: 'gob into/onto [surface]'
Diego gobbed onto the pavement after tasting the sour lemon from the market stall.
The headmaster told the boy off for gobbing in the school playground during break time.
The angry passenger gobbed onto the station platform and hurried through the gate.
The old gardener gobbed onto his hands before picking up the heavy shovel.
文法句型
gob at/on [someone/something]
用法筆記
Considered crude and antisocial in most public settings. Less common in modern British English than the noun form. The past tense is 'gobbed' and the present participle is 'gobbing'.
常見錯誤
❌ 'He gobbed on the floor in the restaurant.' (used as a neutral action) — This would be considered very rude in any culture; the word itself signals that the action is rough and informal, not neutral.