gobby meaning (informal): definition, etymology and quotations

gobby

adj

/ˈɡɒbi/

Etymology From gob (“lump”) + -y.

Informal Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).

But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.1898, Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26:
...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...1942, Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography:

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He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam.1952, David Harry Walker, The pillar:

noun

Etymology From gob (“mouth”) + -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby. Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you.2004, John Charalambous, Furies, Queensland, →ISBN, page 164:
He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door. "I'm not really in the mood for a gobby," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..."2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), page 278 http://google.com/books?id=myJ8WLBqDOcC&pg=PA278&dq=gobby

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Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby? I would. She has a perdy mouth.2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III , “A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)”, in aus.tv (Usenet), message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>:

adj

Etymology From gob (“mouth”) + -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang, Said of a person Inclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner.

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