GOB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gob mean? 

• GOB (noun)
  The noun GOB has 3 senses:

1. a man who serves as a sailor
2. a lump of slimy stuff
3. informal terms for the mouth

  Familiarity information: GOB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOB (noun)

Meaning:

A man who serves as a sailor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sea dog; old salt; mariner; Jack-tar; seaman; gob; seafarer; Jack; tar

Hypernyms ("gob" is a kind of...):

crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gob"):

able seaman; able-bodied seaman (a seaman in the merchant navy; trained in special skills)

bo's'n; bo'sun; boatswain; bos'n; bosun (a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen)

deckhand; roustabout (a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor)

helmsman; steerer; steersman (the person who steers a ship)

bargee; bargeman; lighterman (someone who operates a barge)

officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)

pilot (a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor)

sea lawyer (an argumentative and contentious seaman)

whaler (a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales)

Meaning:

A lump of slimy stuff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

a gob of phlegm

Hypernyms ("gob" is a kind of...):

ball; chunk; clod; clump; glob; lump (a compact mass)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Meaning:

Informal terms for the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cakehole; yap; maw; gob; trap; hole

Hypernyms ("gob" is a kind of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)