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gobby en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɒbi/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From gob (“lump”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
    • But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co. 1898, Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26:
    • ...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show... 1942, Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography:
    • He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam. 1952, David Harry Walker, The pillar:

Forms

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gobbier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
gobbiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (3)

fi kokkareinen (marked by presence of gobs) · fi paakkuinen (marked by presence of gobs) · fi klimppinen (marked by presence of gobs)

gobby en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɒbi/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From gob (“mouth”) + -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, said of a person, slang) Inclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner.

Forms

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gobbiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
gobbier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

gobby en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɒbi/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From gob (“mouth”) + -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) An act of fellatio.
    • Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby? I would. She has a perdy mouth. 2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III , “A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)”, in aus.tv (Usenet), message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>:
    • In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby. Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you. 2004, John Charalambous, Furies, Queensland, →ISBN, page 164:
    • He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door. "I'm not really in the mood for a gobby," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..." 2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), page 278 http://google.com/books?id=myJ8WLBqDOcC&pg=PA278&dq=gobby

Forms

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gobbies Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

gob job · brain · Kirk · neck · dome · head · blowjob · mouth music · fellatio