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gobbet

noun
gob·​bet | \ ˈgä-bÉ™t How to pronounce gobbet (audio) \

Definition of gobbet

1 : a piece or portion (as of meat)
2 : lump, mass
3 : a small fragment or extract a gobbet of information
4 : a small quantity of liquid : drop

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Examples of gobbet in a Sentence

deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk

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In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church’s stonework throughout. Feargus O'sullivan, WIRED, "The Notre Dame Fire Spread Toxic Lead Dust Over Paris," 1 Aug. 2019 Afterlife with Archie cheerfully drops bloody gobbets of doom on the carefree world of Riverdale. Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "Why zombies are so hilarious," 5 Dec. 2018 But of real emotional value, this season has great gobbets. Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, "Queer Eye is Back," 12 Feb. 2018 The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee’s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Where Is the Integrity?," 13 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of gobbet

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for gobbet

Middle English gobet, from Anglo-French

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gobbet

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English Language Learners Definition of gobbet

chiefly British : a small lump or piece of something : a small amount of something

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