Meanings
gobby1
comparative gobbier · superlative gobbiest
- informalMarked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam.
1952, David Harry Walker, The pillar2 more examples
But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.
1898, Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...
1942, Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography
gobby2
comparative gobbier · superlative gobbiest
- CommonwealthIrelandUKderogatoryslangInclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner.
plural gobbies
- CommonwealthIrelandUKslangAn act of fellatio.
Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby? I would. She has a perdy mouth.
2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III , “A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)”, in aus.tv (Usenet), message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>2 more examples
In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby. Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you.
2004, John Charalambous, Furies, Queensland, →ISBN, page 164He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door. "I'm not really in the mood for a gobby," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..."
2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), page 278 http://google.com/books?id=myJ8WLBqDOcC&pg=PA278&dq=gobbySynonyms: fellatio, blowjob, gob job, brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
gobby · adjective, noun
From gob (“mouth”) + -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish paakkuinen, kokkareinen
- paakkuinenmarked by presence of gobs
- kokkareinenmarked by presence of gobs
- klimppinenmarked by presence of gobs
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gobby
All rhymes →Cite this entry
gobby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobby
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