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flob en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /flɒb/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang, uncountable) Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

Deriveds

flobby

flob en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /flɒb/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
    • I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder. 27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian:
    • Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world. 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
flobbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flobs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
flobbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flobbed Tense=Past lexicographic

flob en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /flɒb/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Probably an alteration of flop.

Meanings

  1. To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
flobbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flobbed Tense=Past lexicographic
flobs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
flobbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic