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gobbety

gobbety adjective: like gobbets; having the texture of gobbets.

Adjective

gobbety (comparative more gobbety, superlative most gobbety)

  1. Like gobbets; having the texture of gobbets.
    • […] that's the way the roundworm feels when a big gobbety mess of half-digested steak or moo goo gai pan comes sloshing down to him.1984, John Updike, The Witches of Eastwick
    • […] the pen had made a grinding sound against the bone of the old man's eyesocket when it finally let go, and there had been a loose, gobbety plopping sound as something fell from the bent tip of the pen's steel nib onto the blotter.2006, Stephen King, Cell

Forms of gobbety

comparativemore gobbety
superlativemost gobbety

Origin of gobbety

From gobbet + -y.

Questions about gobbety

What does gobbety mean?
Gobbety means like gobbets; having the texture of gobbets.
What part of speech is gobbety?
Gobbety is an adjective.

Words near gobbety in the dictionary

  1. gobbeted
  2. gobbeting
  3. gobbetly
  4. gobbetmeal
  5. gobbets
  6. gobbety
  7. gobbier
  8. gobbies
  9. gobbiest
  10. gobbin
  11. gobbing

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