Gobbet
noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.
"BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets."
- 2 a lump or chunk of raw meat wordnet
- 3 A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat.
"The gobbet – the largest piece of meat served in hash or soup – was about the size of a man's thumb."
- 4 An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, discussion, or translation in an examination.
"This new status for primary source material in schools was not a permeation down of the gobbet tradition from undergraduate courses. The gobbet functioned as a prompt to an exposition on the context of the extract — the period, the events, the people and ideas referred to in the gobbet."
- 1 To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter. transitive
"The bullets that hit him […] burst the bared head into splinters. Scalp, bones and brain gobbeted the jeep as the dead boy screwed and fell sideways."
- 2 To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. transitive
"Or, did you ever see a dog with a marrowbone in his mouth[…] how prudently he gobbets it: with what affection he breaks it: and with what diligence he sucks it."
Example
More examples"BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets."
Etymology
From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.