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gobbeting

gobbeting is the present participle and gerund of gobbet.

Meaning of gobbet

Verb

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

  1. (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
  2. (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

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Questions about gobbeting

What is gobbeting the present participle and gerund of?
Gobbeting is the present participle and gerund of gobbet.

Words near gobbeting in the dictionary

  1. gobbed up
  2. gobber tooth
  3. gobber-toothed
  4. gobbet
  5. gobbeted
  6. gobbeting
  7. gobbetly
  8. gobbetmeal
  9. gobbets
  10. gobbety
  11. gobbier

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