Definitions
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- adjective informal Marked by the presence of
gobs (lumps). - adjective UK, slang, said of a person
Talkative : inclined totalk much; inclined toshoot one's mouth off . - noun Australia, New Zealand, slang An act of
fellatio .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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"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
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"gobby" fearlessness and unintentionally hilarious remarks caught the public's attention.
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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
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And Graham's gobby Welsh lass is national treasure Charlotte Church.
The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa Sam Wollaston 2010
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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
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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
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I shall still be a gobby Scouse woman who likes reading and drinking gin.
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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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