gobbet

gobbet
Synonyms and related words:
ace, atom, ball, balloon, bit, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cut, cutting, dab, dole, dollop, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, droplet, dwarf, ellipsoid, end, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, hunk, iota, jot, knob, knot, little, little bit, lump, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, mote, nutshell, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, ounce, paring, particle, pebble, pellet, piece, pinch, pittance, point, prolate spheroid, rasher, rondure, scoop, scrap, scruple, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, smitch, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, speck, sphere, spheroid, spherule, splinter, spoonful, spot, stitch, stump, tatter, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whit

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  • Gobbet — Gob bet, n. [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d {Gob}.] A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser. [1913 Webster] [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets. Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gobbet — Gob bet, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L Estrange. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gobbet — (n.) late 13c., a fragment, from O.Fr. gobet piece, mouthful, dim. of gobe (see GOB (Cf. gob)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gobbet — ► NOUN ▪ a piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter. ORIGIN Old French gobet little lump or mouthful …   English terms dictionary

  • gobbet — [gäb′it] n. [ME gobet, small piece < OFr mouthful, prob. < Gaul * gobbo , mouth] Now Rare 1. a fragment or bit, esp. of raw flesh 2. a lump; chunk; mass 3. a mouthful …   English World dictionary

  • gobbet — [[t]gɒ̱bɪt[/t]] gobbets 1) N COUNT A gobbet of something soft, especially food, is a small lump or piece of it. ...gobbets of meat. 2) N COUNT A gobbet of information is a small piece of it …   English dictionary

  • gobbet — UK [ˈɡɒbɪt] / US [ˈɡɑbət] noun [countable] Word forms gobbet : singular gobbet plural gobbets a small piece of something soft …   English dictionary

  • gobbet — noun Etymology: Middle English gobet, from Anglo French Date: 14th century 1. a piece or portion (as of meat) 2. lump, mass 3. a small fragment or extract < a gobbet of information > 4. a small quantity of liquid ; drop …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Gobbet — A gobbet is an extract of text, or image, provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. The Oxford English Dictionary contains no references to gobbets before 1912. [ [http://www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/people/kw/gobbets …   Wikipedia

  • Gobbet — This unusual and interesting name is one of the variant forms of the surname created from the medieval given name are mixed; the ultimate origin is Germanic, from the Old German Godebert , composed of the elements god , good, or god, with berht …   Surnames reference

  • gobbet — /ˈgɒbət/ (say gobuht) noun 1. a fragment or hunk, especially of raw flesh: *A gobbet of flesh still dangled from the hooked beak. –rodney hall, 1987. 2. an extract from a text, selected for a particular reason as for a translation exercise.… …  

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