flob

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /flɒb/

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• Rhymes: -ɒb

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly imitative. Possibly a Blend of phlegm +‎ gob

Noun

flob (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang) Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

Verb

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

1. (UK, slang) To spit or to gob.
   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     Every day she would flob on Zoe’s head from the flats as the little girl walked to school. And every day Tina would laugh, as if it was the funniest thing in the world.

   • 27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian:

     I pointed out that they both looked equally unhappy, and that he was essentially kicking himself. He contemplated this for a moment, then flobbed at me and kicked the weakling slightly harder.

References

• OED 2006

Etymology 2

Probably an alteration of flop.

Verb

flob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

1. To flop; to move or behave in a loose or uncoordinated way.