blob
/blɑb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.07 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
noun
A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
noun
Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.
Example Sentences
- "Only the outermost blob on either side in map 2 displays misalignment."
- "It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs."
- "But there, on the very top, is a hollow full of water, with a sandy bottom; with a blob of jelly stuck to the side, and some mussels."
- "A gentleman named W. Shakespeare scored a blob in the Worcestershire v. Lancashire match. We understand that he got out because the ball pitched on a "damned spot.""
- "Bones put the tiny crimson speck between his slides, blobbed a drop of oil on top, and focused the microscope."
- "[…] a cross has been burned during the night on Wechsler's lawn and a painted KKK blobbed across one wall of his home."
Etymology
From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *blob
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /blɑb/
- British English: /blɒb/
Usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- British usage
- Colloquial
- American usage
- Derogatory