Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

gob

noun

/ɡɒb/

Definition

A large lump of something, often food.

Examples

He took a big gob of peanut butter and spread it on his toast.
She was left with a gob of clay stuck to her fingers after working on the pottery wheel.

Meaning

The term ‘gob’ can refer to a solid mass or chunk of material, but it is commonly used to describe a sizeable portion of food, especially when it is messy or undisciplined in form.