Definitions

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  • adjective informal Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
  • adjective UK, slang, said of a person Talkative: inclined to talk much; inclined to shoot one's mouth off.
  • noun Australia, New Zealand, slang An act of fellatio.

Etymologies

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From gob (lump) + b + -y.

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

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Examples

  • The word was eventually anglicanized to "gobby" which means someone who is gullible or foolish to come watch the washing the lions at the Tower of London.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Joanna Waugh 2009

  • The word was eventually anglicanized to "gobby" which means someone who is gullible or foolish to come watch the washing the lions at the Tower of London.

    April 1st -- Feast of Fools Joanna Waugh 2009

  • "I've done nothing political at all," she says, but describes herself as "gobby" and well able to put across her views.

    British Blogs 2009

  • "gobby" fearlessness and unintentionally hilarious remarks caught the public's attention.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • not in my boys case! he's 3 and when the vet checked him last week his wolf teeth hadn't come through and he suggested if he got 'gobby' in the contact in the next 6 months then that would indicate they had come through and to get them removed.

    unknown title 2009

  • And Graham's gobby Welsh lass is national treasure Charlotte Church.

    The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa Sam Wollaston 2010

  • Lippy Kids is the story I think of Garvey reminiscing about gobby youngsters swaggering around a northwestern estate with "simian strolls" as the ghost of Garvey past implores them to remember that these are the days of their lives.

    From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011

  • On first viewing, the participants didn't look promising – gobby, spaced-out, bizarre – and that was just the teachers.

    It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • I shall still be a gobby Scouse woman who likes reading and drinking gin.

    Who will fix social care funding? 2011

  • Hence gobby, disruptive Joanna Riley stayed last week, while relatively quiet Joy Stefanicki went.

    Call Max Clifford – those Chilean miners need him Barbara Ellen 2010

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