blob

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Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path.

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  1. noun A soft, amorphous mass.
  2. noun A daub, as of color.
  3. transitive verb To splash or daub with blobs; splotch.

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  • Nada became a big snake and reared up at the next red blob, her dress hanging awkwardly on her new body. —  Volk
  • Then it walked to a clear patch of ground and used a limb to scratch a little picture: a blob, an arrow, and a circle. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • The vehicle slewed around another blob, an outer wheel riding up a bank, then squished through some stuff that surely wasn't ice slush. —  Yon Ill Wind
  • Then Mentia assumed the shape of a great golden blob, and the noise faded. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • Squinting, Limbeck ascertained at length that the blob was one of the islands of the Terrel Fen. —  Death Gate Cycle 1 - Dragon Wing
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  1. From Middle English blober, bubble, bubbling, probably of imitative origin.

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  1. Also bleb, Scots bleb, bleib, blab, blob; cf. blobber, blubber.
 

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