gobshell

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noun

A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.

OriginIrish gob →
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Meanings

noungobshell (plural gobshells)

plural gobshells

  1. IrelandA glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.

    He fetched a phlegm and a gobshell splashed in the bladderwrack.

    2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 531

Origin

  1. Irishgob“mouth”
  2. Englishgobshell

From Irish gob (“mouth”) + seile (“spittle”).

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APA

gobshell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobshell

MLA

“gobshell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobshell. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gobshell,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gobshell.

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