gobbyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From gob (“lump”) +‎ -y.

形容詞

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

1. (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
   • 1898, Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26:

     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.

   • 1942, Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography:

     ...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...

   • 1952, David Harry Walker, The pillar:

     He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam.

語源 2

From gob (“mouth”) +‎ -y. The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to gabby.

形容詞

gobby (comparative gobbier, superlative gobbiest)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory, said of a person) Inclined to speak in a loud and offensive manner.

名詞

gobby (plural gobbies)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An act of fellatio.

   Synonyms: fellatio, blowjob, gob job; see also Thesaurus:oral sex

   • 2004, John Charalambous, Furies‎, Queensland, →ISBN, page 164:

     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.

   • 2007, Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man, Lulu (self-published), →ISBN, page 278 [2]:

     He 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 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III , “A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)”, in aus.tv‎ (Usenet), message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>:

     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.

参照

• Dictionary.com: "adj, -bier, -biest, informal, loudmouthed and offensive"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "adj., late 19C+, talkative"

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gobby.

参照

• A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1886), by Robert Holland, page 9: "April gawby (W. Ches.), April gobby (Mid-Ches.), April gob (Macclesfield), s. an April fool"
• The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, A-C (1898), edited by Joseph Wright, published by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, etc, page 66, keyword "April": "APRIL [...] ·gobby, ·gowk, ·noddy, various names for an April fool"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "n., late 19C-1920s, 1. a sailor, 2 a coastguardsman"
• Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, →ISBN: "n., 1920s, US, a socially unacceptable person"
• “gobby n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• “gobby n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present