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gobbet

noun

ˈgä-bət

Definition of gobbet

as in chunk

a small uneven mass deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk

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Recent Examples of gobbet New York City schools had stopped serving the savory poultry gobbets after people found foreign objects inside them. — Colin Moynihan, New York Times, 28 June 2023 In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church’s stonework throughout. — Feargus O'Sullivan, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019 Afterlife with Archie cheerfully drops bloody gobbets of doom on the carefree world of Riverdale. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018 The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee’s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017

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Noun

The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.

— Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
And the applicant agreed to put the biggest chunk of the design — initially pitched as around 230 apartments on the property’s southern half — on ice.

— Mark Dee August 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of chunk

Noun

In practice, a black-and-white hunk of metal sprinting into a wall looks silly.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026
Others are stewed with aromatics and oil to make a riotous take on XO sauce, funky and inky and complex, which gilds the hunks of squash under their corny beurre blanc.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of hunk

Noun

Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.

— Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Walker chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore his cap backward just like Hall of Famer and Derby great Ken Griffey Jr.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of wad

Noun

The stuff our telescopes can track is swirling too fast, forming too quickly into clumps that are too dense, to easily explain.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
If a dark-matter clump passed near a stellar stream, its gravity could potentially produce a gap, kink, bend or other disturbance in the stream.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of clump

Noun

Then there’s the fact that many potential investors aren’t quite sure what to make of a company from a mostly empty lump of volcanic rock in the middle of the North Atlantic.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
The process produces pebble-sized lumps called clinker, which are then ground into cement powder.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of lump

Noun

But globs of liquid mercury worked just fine to show the melting shards coming together, even though its toxicity meant the special effects crew had to wear protective gear over the two-day shoot.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Throughout the week, nightstands tend to collect books, cups, charging cords, and the occasional water ring and glob of lotion residue, too.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026

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