gob

gob
    n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: {mariner}, {seaman},
         {tar}, {Jack-tar}, {Jack}, {old salt}, {seafarer}, {gob},
         {sea dog}]
    2: a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
    3: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {trap}, {cakehole},
       {hole}, {maw}, {yap}, {gob}]
    

Gob \Gob\ (g[o^]b), n. [Cf. {Goaf}.] (Mining)
   Same as {Goaf}.
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Gob \Gob\, n. [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned
   morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to
   swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob
   mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. {Gobble},
   {Job}, n.]
   1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
      [Low] --L'Estrange.
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   2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] --Wright.
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Gob \Gob\ (g[o^]b), n.
   Same as {sailor}. [Colloq.]
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Goaf \Goaf\; n.; pl. {Goafs}or {Goaves}. [Cf. 1st {Gob}.]
   (Mining)
   That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially
   or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called
   also {gob} .
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   {To work the goaf} or {To work the gob}, to remove the
      pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the
      roof, and replace them with props. --Ure.
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Gob
a pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer,
in 1 Chr. 20:4.
    

Gob, cistern; grasshopper
    

174 Moby Thesaurus words for "gob":
      Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, accumulation, acervation,
      agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amassment,
      amount, ball, balloon, batch, bazoo, bit, bite, bladder, blob,
      block, bluejacket, boll, bolus, boot, bubble, budget, bulb, bulbil,
      bulblet, bulk, bunch, butt, cadet, champ, chaps, chaw, chew, chip,
      chomp, chops, chunk, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop,
      congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, count,
      crumb, cud, cumulation, cut, cutting, deal, dollop, dose,
      ellipsoid, embouchure, end, fragment, frogman, gab, gathering,
      geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomeration, glomerulus,
      gnash, gobbet, group, heap, horse marine, hunch, hunk, jaw, jaws,
      jolly, jowls, kisser, knob, knot, large amount, lips, loads, loaf,
      lot, lump, mandibles, marine, mass, maw, maxilla, measure, mess,
      midshipman, midshipmite, million, modicum, moiety, morsel, mouth,
      mouthful, mug, munch, mush, muzzle, naval cadet, navy man, nibble,
      nip, nugget, number, oblate spheroid, oodles, oral cavity, orb,
      orbit, orblet, pack, parcel, paring, part, particle, pat, pellet,
      piece, portion, premaxilla, prolate spheroid, quantities, quantity,
      quid, rasher, ration, rondure, row, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving,
      shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small amount, smithereen, snack,
      snap, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, sphere, spheroid, spherule,
      splinter, stitch, stockpile, stump, sum, swabbie, swallow, tatter,
      trap, wad, wads, yap