gob

Other forms of gob

plural

gobs·

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 gob

What does gob mean?

gob means "a man who serves as a sailor". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gob?

gob has 1 syllable: gob. In IPA it is /ˈɡɑb/.

What is another word for gob?

Close synonyms include mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack. 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 gob a common word?

gob 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.