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gobshell

gobshell noun: a glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.

Noun

gobshell (plural gobshells)

  1. (Ireland) A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.
    • He fetched a phlegm and a gobshell splashed in the bladderwrack.2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 531

Forms of gobshell

pluralgobshells

Origin of gobshell

From Irish gob (“mouth”) + seile (“spittle”).

Questions about gobshell

What does gobshell mean?
Gobshell means a glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.
What part of speech is gobshell?
Gobshell is a noun.
What is the plural of gobshell?
The plural of gobshell is gobshells.

Words near gobshell in the dictionary

  1. Gobryas
  2. gobs
  3. gobs off
  4. gobs up
  5. gobsful
  6. gobshell
  7. gobshells
  8. gobshite
  9. gobshites
  10. gobsmack
  11. gobsmacked

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