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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOBBING

flobbing  [ˈflɒbɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOBBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flobbing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flobbing in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLOBBING

PRESENT

Present
I flobbing
you flobbing
he/she/it flobbings
we flobbing
you flobbing
they flobbing
Present continuous
I am flobbinging
you are flobbinging
he/she/it is flobbinging
we are flobbinging
you are flobbinging
they are flobbinging
Present perfect
I have flobbinged
you have flobbinged
he/she/it has flobbinged
we have flobbinged
you have flobbinged
they have flobbinged
Present perfect continuous
I have been flobbinging
you have been flobbinging
he/she/it has been flobbinging
we have been flobbinging
you have been flobbinging
they have been flobbinging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flobbinged
you flobbinged
he/she/it flobbinged
we flobbinged
you flobbinged
they flobbinged
Past continuous
I was flobbinging
you were flobbinging
he/she/it was flobbinging
we were flobbinging
you were flobbinging
they were flobbinging
Past perfect
I had flobbinged
you had flobbinged
he/she/it had flobbinged
we had flobbinged
you had flobbinged
they had flobbinged
Past perfect continuous
I had been flobbinging
you had been flobbinging
he/she/it had been flobbinging
we had been flobbinging
you had been flobbinging
they had been flobbinging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flobbing
you will flobbing
he/she/it will flobbing
we will flobbing
you will flobbing
they will flobbing
Future continuous
I will be flobbinging
you will be flobbinging
he/she/it will be flobbinging
we will be flobbinging
you will be flobbinging
they will be flobbinging
Future perfect
I will have flobbinged
you will have flobbinged
he/she/it will have flobbinged
we will have flobbinged
you will have flobbinged
they will have flobbinged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flobbinging
you will have been flobbinging
he/she/it will have been flobbinging
we will have been flobbinging
you will have been flobbinging
they will have been flobbinging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flobbing
you would flobbing
he/she/it would flobbing
we would flobbing
you would flobbing
they would flobbing
Conditional continuous
I would be flobbinging
you would be flobbinging
he/she/it would be flobbinging
we would be flobbinging
you would be flobbinging
they would be flobbinging
Conditional perfect
I would have flobbing
you would have flobbing
he/she/it would have flobbing
we would have flobbing
you would have flobbing
they would have flobbing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flobbinging
you would have been flobbinging
he/she/it would have been flobbinging
we would have been flobbinging
you would have been flobbinging
they would have been flobbinging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flobbing
we let´s flobbing
you flobbing
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flobbing
Past participle
flobbinged
Present Participle
flobbinging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOBBING


absorbing
əbˈsɔːbɪŋ
bing
bɪŋ
blobbing
ˈblɒbɪŋ
clubbing
ˈklʌbɪŋ
disturbing
dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ
dobbing
ˈdɒbɪŋ
dubbing
ˈdʌbɪŋ
emu-bobbing
ˈiːmjuː ˈbɒbɪŋ
flashmobbing
ˈflæʃˌmɒbɪŋ
hob-jobbing
ˈhɒbˌdʒɒbɪŋ
jobbing
ˈdʒɒbɪŋ
probing
ˈprəʊbɪŋ
rubbing
ˈrʌbɪŋ
skibobbing
ˈskiːˌbɒbɪŋ
sobbing
ˈsɒbɪŋ
stabbing
ˈstæbɪŋ
stockjobbing
ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbɪŋ
throbbing
ˈθrɒbɪŋ
tubing
ˈtjuːbɪŋ
webbing
ˈwɛbɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOBBING

floating rib
floating vote
floating voter
floating-point representation
floating-rate note
floatingly
floats
floaty
flob
flobbed
floc
flocci
floccillation
floccose
flocculant
floccular
flocculate
flocculation
flocculator
floccule

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOBBING

attention-grabbing
back-stabbing
blabbing
bobbing
climbing
cribbing
drubbing
grabbing
headline-grabbing
hobbing
mobbing
money-grubbing
nabbing
nightclubbing
ribbing
robbing
scabbing
stubbing
subbing
swabbing
tubbing

Synonyms and antonyms of flobbing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flobbing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOBBING

Find out the translation of flobbing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flobbing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flobbing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flobbing
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flobbing
570 millions of speakers

English

flobbing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flobbing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flobbing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flobbing
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flobbing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flobbing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flobbing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flobbing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flobbing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flobbing
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flobbing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flobbing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flobbing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फटका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flobbing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flobbing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flobbing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flobbing
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flobbing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flobbing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flobbing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flobbing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flobbing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flobbing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOBBING»

The term «flobbing» is barely ever used and occupies the 210.753 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOBBING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flobbing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flobbing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flobbing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOBBING»

Discover the use of flobbing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flobbing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ratburger
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.
David Walliams, 2012
2
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating ...
... native speakers learn as toddlers, consider the following two exercises. The first is a little quiz I give my first-year composition students. I have them read the following sentence: Flobbing sallably, glotty yofs sambolated in the wickersnacks.
John C. Bean, 2011
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Publications
Flowterment flobbing it' {Flob' uwi'h', dhin' ; dhooz' 'yaa 'us tlob'in it']. Flowt [flaowt], a sod of heathturf, used as fuel; en. 'A creelful o' flown' [U ree'1fuol u fiaow'ts]. Swash [swaash'], adv. aside, or clear; Nidd. Chiefly used in the imperative mood  ...
4
A Glossary of Surrey Words: (A Supplement to |.)
Granville William Gresham Leveson Gower. flobbing it ' [Flob- uwi-h\ dhiir ; dhooz - -yaarus flob-in it-]. Flowt [flaowt], a sod of heath- turf, used as fuel ; geu. ' A creelful o' flowW [U kreo'lfuol U flaowts]. Swash [swaash-], adv. aside, or clear ; Nidd.
Granville William Gresham Leveson Gower, 1876
5
Black Sunlight
It was a false alarm. There was no mob coming from anywhere. Hands thrust back down into pockets, they came drifting back, now standing with their backs to one another and flobbing out into the orange darkness. 'Just let them fucking come ...
Tom Davies
6
A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of ...
... [fliz'u'n], v. 11. To laugh with the whole of the face, is to flizzen ; gen. Flizzy, adj. applied to those who are inclined to laugh at little, in this manner. flobbing it' [Flob ' uwi'h', dhin'; dhooz' 'yaa 'us flob'in it']. 42 MID-YORKSHIRE GLOSSARY.
C. Clough Robinson, 1876
7
Sophonisba or Hannibal's Overthrow, A Tragedy
'later Cumana firatohing ber flm , flobbing a Dazger into be' frms: Spirit: following her. SlNGS. Beneath the Poplar's shadow lay me; No raging fires will there disma 'y me: Near flame silver current-lying' , Under espy poypies dying. ' ' lsWel and ...
Nat Lee, 1719
8
Essential Shit - Bollocks Why Didn't I Think of That
Well it's as simple as flobbing a chewed-up bit of paper through a straw at someone. The soggy projectile goes into the straw at one end, then it's shot across the room by blowing through the other. Just like this, the food goes down the choker's ...
Anthony Rubino Jr, 2012
9
Biting Anorexia: A Firsthand Account of an Internal War
Two possibilities: I am actually putting on weight and turning into a flob. 2. I am losing weight and flobbing my perception. 3. I am maintaining my weight and I am finally seeing myself for 3. my flobbiness. I am maintaining my weight and tricking  ...
Lucy Howard-Taylor, 2009
10
Extreme Anglicanism: A Liturgical Guide to the Sporting Year
I'm not talking about vulgar flobbing, so much as the finely honed competitive cherry-stone projection that a vicar, for example, might appropriately indulge in with his sons. There are two styles: the basic tongue flick, or the bilabial plosive ( or ...
Catherine Fox, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOBBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flobbing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The seven most unacceptable (but basically harmless) things you …
But perhaps the most infamous flobbing fight occurred between Patrick Viera and Neil Ruddock. The West Ham hardman spent an entire game ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
2
All aboard the sex train
I can still remember clearly the sound of phlegm hitting – no, flobbing – against my back as I travelled home from school. I have been on trains ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Newcastle United vs Manchester United, Premier League: as it …
When Mirallas nicked the penalty a few weeks ago, all the pundits were on about this as being the second worst crime other than flobbing. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
4
Leicester city councillor Barbara Potter to appeal against her …
She said she heard a flobbing sound and had believed it was him when she made her report to the police just minutes later. The jury did not ... «Leicester Mercury, Feb 15»
5
Asian Cup daily: Socceroos 'could have beaten Kuwait 8-3'
He will play no part in Australia - a shame, given his undoubted talent when not headbutting or flobbing on Socceroos defenders. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
6
Zoe's pet rat
Oh, and if you're wondering what “flobbing” means, let's just say that it involves spit (or possibly snot) and a drop from a tall height. Now, Zoe is ... «The Star Online, Feb 13»
7
Christmas gift ideas for children: A mum's top 12
The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery – mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 12»
8
Everything Was Fucked: Warren Ellis Discusses The Dirty Three
... people streaming down the hillside to watch this emotional, intense, bravura performance, Warren Ellis scything away at his violin, flobbing ... «The Quietus, Mar 12»
9
Should spitting in the street be banned?
Today "flobbing" or "gobbing" as it's colloquially known, is considered by many to be ugly, anti-social and potentially disease spreading. «BBC News, Apr 11»
10
Cristiano Ronaldo spells out exactly what defeat feels like
In a contrast akin to being punched in the underpants then kissed on the eyelids, Cristiano Ronaldo followed up his post-match flobbing ... «The Spoiler, Jun 10»

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