flob

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UK/flɒb/

noun

Spittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

flob1

nounflob (uncountable)
  1. UKslanguncountableSpittle or phlegm, especially a piece of spittle or phlegm that has been spat out.
verbflob (third-person singular simple present flobs, present participle flobbing, simple past and past participle flobbed)

present singular third person flobs · participle present flobbing · participle past flobbed · past flobbed

  1. UKslangTo spit or to gob.

    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.

    2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
    1 more example

    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.

    27 September 2010, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian

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

present singular third person flobs · participle present flobbing · participle past flobbed · past flobbed

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

Origin

flob · noun, verb

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

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flob · verb

Probably an alteration of flop.

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APA

flob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flob

MLA

“flob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flob. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flob,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flob.

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