gob

• Substantiv mit mehreren Bedeutungen: ein Klumpen schleimiger oder klebriger Masse; umgangssprachlich für den Mund; oder seemännischer Slang für einen Matrosen.

A noun with multiple meanings: a lump of a slimy or sticky substance; informal term for the mouth; or a slang term for a sailor.

1. B2informal

   A man who works as a sailor, especially in the navy or on a ship.

   Seemann

   • The old gob told tales of his voyages across the Atlantic.
   • He signed up as a gob in the merchant navy.
   • The gobs were busy repairing the sails.

   Synonymebluejacketdeckhandjackmarinersailorseaman

2. Lump of slimy substanceB1informal

   A small, often sticky or slimy lump of something, like mud or food.

   Klumpen schleimiger Substanz

   • There was a gob of mud stuck to his boot.
   • She wiped a gob of jam off the table.
   • A gob of slime dripped from the pipe.

   Synonymeblobcloddollopgloblumpwad

3. B1informalbritish

   An informal term for a person's mouth.

   Mund

   • Shut your gob and listen!
   • He stuffed a whole sandwich into his gob.
   • She's always running her gob about other people's business.

   Synonymekissermawtrapyap