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Meaning of "gobbet" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GOBBET

From Old French gobet, from gober to gulp down.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GOBBET

ˈɡɒbɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOBBET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gobbet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOBBET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gobbet

A Gobbet, derived from the Old French gober and etymologically related to gobble, is a small chunk of meat, roughly the size of a mouthful. It is borrowed in modern use to indicate the concept of a small chunk, e.g.: gobbets of text, gobbets of information. In the study of history and classics, gobbet often refers to a brief analysis text of a larger work or body of source material. The Oxford English Dictionary contains no references to gobbets as literary fragments before 1913.

Definition of gobbet in the English dictionary

The definition of gobbet in the dictionary is a chunk, lump, or fragment, esp of raw meat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOBBET

ambit · bit · bobbitt · Cobbett · debit · exhibit · gambit · gigabit · habit · hobbit · inhabit · inhibit · obit · orbit · probate · probit · prohibit · rabbit · tidbit · titbit

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOBBET

gob · goban · gobang · gobbed · Gobbi · gobbier · gobbiest · gobbing · gobble · gobbledegook · gobbledygook · gobbler · gobbo · gobby · Gobelin · Gobi · Gobi Desert · Gobian · gobies · gobiid

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOBBET

abet · aleph-bet · alphabet · analphabet · barbet · bet · Courbet · Cyrillic alphabet · drabbet · flibbertigibbet · gibbet · International Phonetic Alphabet · phonetic alphabet · rabbet · sherbet · sorbet · Tebet · thibet · Tibet · you bet

Synonyms and antonyms of gobbet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gobbet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOBBET

Find out the translation of gobbet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gobbet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gobbet» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

团块
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

gobbet
570 millions of speakers
en

English

gobbet
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

gobbet
380 millions of speakers
ar

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gobbet
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

gobbet
278 millions of speakers
pt

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gobbet
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মাংসের টুকরো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gobbet
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gobbet
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Brocken
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

gobbet
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

gobbet
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gobbet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồ cho gà vịt ăn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

gobbet
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

गब्बेट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

lokma
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

gobbet
65 millions of speakers
pl

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gobbet
50 millions of speakers
uk

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gobbet
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

gobbet
30 millions of speakers
el

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gobbet
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gobbet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gobbet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gobbet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOBBET»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of gobbet
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gobbet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOBBET»

Discover the use of gobbet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gobbet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The History of Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk: ...
Oct. 1707, to \ an acre, called Wren's Croft ; which was Richard Golty's, clerk, 26. Car. 2. John Smith's 22. Jac. 1. holden by the annuall rent of 1s. 2d. Rachell Gobbet, adm. 3. Oct. 1707, to one cotage at the Hermitage: which was John Gobbet's ...
Robert Hawes, Robert Loder, 1798
2
Cooking in America, 1590-1840
... gobbet is a mouthful. This recipe is another one that uses a body part to indicate size in a world that still did not have a complete system of uniform measurement. Just in case someone might not understand the term, the author of this recipe ...
Trudy Eden, 2006
3
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Cf . jobbet, a dial, assibilated form of gobbet.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel ; a lump ; a part ; a fragment ; a piece. [Obsolete or archaic] He seide he hadde &gobet of the seyl That seynt Peter hadde. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 696. And alle eten ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1889
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Cf . jobbet, a dial, assibilated form of gobbet.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel; a lump; a part; a fragment; a piece. [Obsolete or archaic] He seide he hadde a gobet of the seyl That seynt Peter hadde. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 690. And alio eten ...
‎1906
5
Everybody's Magazine
The chase followed after, and Kearton went into action on the north and Gobbet on the south, near a small thorn tree, with a negro porter beside him. The rhino caught sight of Gobbet's camera and charged. The porter went up the tree like a ...
‎1910
6
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
gobbet ily; of Celtic origin: see gob?. Cl.jobbet, a dial, assibilated form of gobbet.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel; a lump; a part; a fragment; apiece. [Obsolete or archaic] He seido he hadde a gobet of the seyl That seynt Peter hadde. Chaucer, Gen.
‎1906
7
The Literary Digest
The chase followed after, and Kearton went into action on the north and Gobbet on the south, near a small them-tree, with a negro porter beside him. The rhino caught sight of Gobbet's camera and charged. The porter went up the tree like a ...
‎1910
8
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
gobbet ily; of Celtic origin: see gob*. Ct.jobbet, a dial, assibilated form of gobbet.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel; a lump; apart; a fragment; apiece. [Obsolete or archaic] He seide he hadde a gobet of the seyl That seynt Peter hadde. Chaucer, Gen.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
9
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
gobbet ily; of Celtic origin: see gob2. Cf.jobbet, a dial. assibilated form of gobbet.] 1. A mouthful; a morsel; a lump; a part; a fragment; :1. piece. [Obsolete or archaic. ] He seide he hadde a gobs! of the seyl That seynt Peter hadde. Chaucer, Gen.
William Dwight Whitney, 1904
10
Spiritual Shakespeares
®gobbet ̄. n.1b,. ®Apieceof. raw flesh. ̄A secondary sense, fromthe Italian. ® gobbo, ̄. suggests the hunchback«s deformity. OED. ®gobbet ̄. n.1b,. ®A. piece of raw flesh. ̄ Famously, inthe den of Errour, Spenser«s Redcrosse Knight  ...
Ewan Fernie, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOBBET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gobbet is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Brazil still rebuilding a year after 7-1 loss
By Rafa Santos (Yahoo Brazil), in collaboration with Cassiano Gobbet, Fernando Olivieri Santos and Fernando Vives. Exactly one year ago, the ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Jul 15»
2
Bang to rights! Pyongyang plays games – or rather doesn't
Otherwise, each separate gobbet of news is like a single jagged jigsaw piece. The art is to put them all together and make a pattern. Not easy. «NK News, Jun 15»
3
Why Literature Matters
... write on purpose, 'Bare, ruin'd choirs, where'—a glutinous sound clump, a gobbet of near-rhymes full of r's that have to be laboriously pulled ... «First Things, Jun 15»
4
Miriam Lord: Mick is pecking away at Nama's cagey dealings
... in particular,” he began, as people wondered what little gobbet (or should that be dobbet) of O'Brien-related information he was going to drop ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
5
Rita Sodi and Jody Williams Knock it Out of the Park at Via Carota
Meanwhile, cibreo ($9) is a Tuscan classic, a gobbet of bread heaped with herbed and oiled chicken livers, zapped with a few sunny drops of ... «Eater NY, Jun 15»
6
If we don't raise a voice about sexism it will never go away
... to organise a rota for it. But every gobbet of casual misogyny is meaningful; every one has to be countervailed; it doesn't go away on its own. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
Barcelona crush Juventus in Champions League final: as it happened
I wrote this gobbet about that match earlier in the week: Quote Scoreless draws do not have to be drab and this one was far from it at times but ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
8
England v New Zealand as it happened
Mark Craig spits a gobbet of chewing gum out of his mouth and begins his 22nd over. He nearly does for Ian Bell with a beautiful delivery that pitches in the ... «BBC Sport, May 15»
9
Sedgefield comes together to remember VE Day
A last post was sounded and then further prayers were said by Reverend Michael Gobbet, before John Burton MBE, the deputy lord lieutenant ... «The Northern Echo, May 15»
10
Bao, restaurant review: 'Street-food-turned-Soho Taiwanese place …
These six slices of steak might just be the finest I've ever eaten – tender yet packed with texture (a neat gobbet of fat at one end), with an ... «The Independent, May 15»
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