blob

Other forms of blob

plural

blobs·

past tense or participle

blobbed

present participle

blobbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blob

What does blob mean?

blob means "an indistinct shapeless form". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blob?

blob has 1 syllable: blob. In IPA it is /ˈblɑb/.

What is another word for blob?

Close synonyms include spot, fleck, blot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blob a common word?

blob is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.