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gobby

[ gob-ee ]

adjective

, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
, gob·bi·er, gob·bi·est.
  1. fat.


gobby

/ ˈɡɒbɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    loudmouthed and offensive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gobby1

Of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

"Playing for England always felt like I was living in a dream bubble. I kept waiting for it to pop and me to suddenly go back to being a gobby, overweight 16-year-old again. But you know when it is time," Marler said in a social media post.

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Broen also won the award for Best Single Image in this category for a colourful picture showing how a discarded glass bottle in the ocean has become a haven for a small, iridescent, yellow Gobby fish.

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And yes, clearly some of Rishi Sunak's most gobby supporters might have found such a scenario a little tricky.

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Perhaps a couple of dozen Conservative MPs might be pretty much irreconcilable to the idea of her as leader, and some might be quite gobby about it.

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Morgan and in turn Osbourne opened their “gobby little mouths” in 2021 after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, did an interview with Oprah Winfrey that threw race-based shade on the British royal family.

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