gobs
- noun
- /ɡɑbz/
- Informal
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montones
- There's just gobs and gobs of berries in here.
We're used to gobs of things, right?
- We're used to gobs of things, right?
- you could have heaps absolute gobs and gobs of GPUs and this thing. I take it this computer is extraordinarily loud? Yes, very.
- When we recline at dinner, one is wiping up gobs of spit, another crawling under the couch to pick up the scraps the drunkards let fall.
Examples
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Back in my day, there was no Avatar movie making gobs of money in theaters.
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She received gobs of praise for her performance in the play.
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We're used to gobs of things, right?
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Takes it a little bit of while to process the the thing and then see gobs and gobs of stuff going by.
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It has a bottom, it has a top, it is secreting gobs and gobs of milk because it just came from an early pregnant mouse.
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So he likes slaps and gobs of it on sprouted tortillas.
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When we recline at dinner, one is wiping up gobs of spit, another crawling under the couch to pick up the scraps the drunkards let fall.
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There were gobs of cookies left after the party.
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The garden produced gobs of tomatoes this season.
Synonyms
46
5.7
A large number of things or people
14
5.9
A large number of things or people
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1.0
A large number or amount of something
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2.0
A large number of people or things
1
2.1
A very large amount of something, often many people or things
1
6.7
A very large amount of something, for example many things or people
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1.0
A large number, usually more than twelve
A large number of people or things
A very large number of people or things
A large amount of things, for example work, friends, or food
A large amount of things, like books or food
A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack
A very large amount of something, often said in a friendly or joking way
A made-up very large number that people use to mean a lot of things
A very large amount of something said in a rude way
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Morphology
Etymology
Gobs comes from the old word gob, which meant a 'lump' or a 'mouth', so it gave the idea of a big mass or heap. A helpful way to remember is to think of gobble, which suggests big mouthfuls, and that image makes gobs mean 'a lot'.