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globbed

globbed is the simple past and past participle of glob.

Meaning of glob

Verb (1)

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. To stick in globs or lumps.
    • […] paint globbed on the canvas, marring the careful shadowing he'd created on the snowbank. It was an amateurish mistake, completely unworthy of an artist of Teddy's skill.2024, Mimi Matthews, The Muse of Maiden Lane, page 58

Verb (2)

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

  1. To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
    • In filename globbing, * means any character, group of characters, or no characters at all.2000, Jon Lasser, Think Unix, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 123

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Questions about globbed

What is globbed the simple past and past participle of?
Globbed is the simple past and past participle of glob.

Words near globbed in the dictionary

  1. globars
  2. globate
  3. globated
  4. globaurid
  5. globaurids
  6. globbed
  7. globbier
  8. globbiest
  9. globbiness
  10. globbing
  11. globby

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