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gobby

/ˈɡɒbi/

gobby adjective: marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).

Adjective (1)

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

  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

Adjective (2)

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

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

Noun

gobby (plural gobbies)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) An act of fellatio.
    • 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

Synonyms of gobby

Forms of gobby

Adjective
comparativegobbier
superlativegobbiest
Noun
pluralgobbies

Origin of gobby

From gob (“lump”) + -y.

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

Words that rhyme with gobby

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gobby

What does gobby mean?
Gobby means marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
What part of speech is gobby?
Gobby can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce gobby?
Gobby is pronounced /ˈɡɒbi/.

Words near gobby in the dictionary

  1. gobblygook
  2. gobblygooks
  3. gobbo
  4. gobboes
  5. gobbos
  6. gobby
  7. gobdaw
  8. gobdaws
  9. gobe-mouche
  10. Gobel
  11. Gobelin

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