flob
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm + gob
Noun
editflob (uncountable)
Verb
editflob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)
- (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world.
- 27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian:
- I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.
References
edit- OED 2006
Etymology 2
editProbably an alteration of flop.
Verb
editflob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)
- To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.
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