- (British English)
a rude way of referring to a person’s mouth 嘴(粗俗说法) a small amount of a thick wet substance 少许(黏湿的物质) - [usually plural] (North American English)
a large amount of something 大量 great gobs of cash 大量现金
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak, mouth’. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French gobe ‘mouthful, lump’, from gober ‘to swallow, gulp’, perhaps of Celtic origin.