gobbet

/ˈɡɒbɪt/

gobbet noun: a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.

Noun

gobbet (plural gobbets)

A quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.
- BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets.1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […]...
- He balked only when the priest scooped from the pot some of the medicine the woman had prepared and presented it for him to eat. The man shouted and Justin obediently opened his mouth to receive the sticky gobbet of paste.1962, Ian Brook, The Black List, page 48
A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat.
- The gobbet – the largest piece of meat served in hash or soup – was about the size of a man's thumb.1875, John Cordy Jeaffreson, A Book about the Table, volume I, page 77
- This bottom was littered with great gobbets of flesh, most of which was in the last state of putridity.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, discussion, or translation in an examination.
- This new status for primary source material in schools was not a permeation down of the gobbet tradition from undergraduate courses. The gobbet functioned as a prompt to an exposition on the context of the extract — the period, the events, the people and ideas referred to in the gobbet.1990, Frances Blow, “Seeking patterns, making meanings: Using computerised sources in teaching history in secondary schools”, in Evan Mawdsley, editor, History and Computing, volume III
- Gobbets are designed to assess your ability to comment critically upon source material, whether a text or an object. Each gobbet will have at least one specific point that should be addressed/analysed, so always consider why a particular passage/image has been chosen.2002 July 16, “Analysing Primary Sources”, in Cardiff University School of History and Archaeology, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2006

Verb

gobbet (third-person singular simple present gobbets, present participle gobbeting, simple past and past participle gobbeted)

(transitive) To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.
- The bullets that hit him […] burst the bared head into splinters. Scalp, bones and brain gobbeted the jeep as the dead boy screwed and fell sideways.1972, Hugh Atkinson, The Most Savage Animal, page 242
(transitive) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
- Or, did you ever see a dog with a marrowbone in his mouth[…] how prudently he gobbets it: with what affection he breaks it: and with what diligence he sucks it.1653, Thomas Urquhart, Gargantua and Pantagruel, translation of original by François Rabelais

gobbet meaning in Tamil and Urdu

gobbet in Tamil

கவளம், கவனம்

gobbet in Urdu

ڈلی, لقمہ, نوالہ, قطرہ

Forms of gobbet

Noun
plural	gobbets
Verb
third-person singular present	gobbets
present participle	gobbeting
past participle	gobbeted
past	gobbeted

Origin of gobbet

From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.

Words formed from gobbet

gobbety

Words that rhyme with gobbet

Questions about gobbet

What does gobbet mean?: Gobbet means a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.
What is gobbet in Tamil?: Gobbet in Tamil is கவளம், கவனம். See Gobbet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gobbet?: Gobbet can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gobbet?: Gobbet is pronounced /ˈɡɒbɪt/.
What is the plural of gobbet?: The plural of gobbet is gobbets.

Words near gobbet in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: gobbet (page history and authors); gobbet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gobbet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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