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blob

The correct spelling is blob.

How to pronounce blob

/blɒb/
noun

IPA: /blɒb/

Say it like: Blo-b

The correct spelling is blob. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. For example: "I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures."

Usage Examples

I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
  2. 2.In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
  3. 3.A bubble; a bleb.
  4. 4.A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
  5. 5.The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.

verb

  1. 1.To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
  2. 2.To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.
  3. 3.To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
  4. 4.To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.

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