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A lump or chunk of raw meat
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gobbet
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a lump or chunk of raw meat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alongside this is a gobbet of text explaining the picture. ▪ First the St Sebastian triptych, all finished, down to the last arrowhead and gobbet of blood. ▪ Hastily she bit gobbets loose and swallowed them, bolting down a dreadful ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gobbet \Gob"bet\, v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] --L'Estrange.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "a fragment," from Old French gobet "piece, mouthful," diminutive of gobe (see gob ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch 2 a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat 3 an extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. vb. 1 (context ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A Gobbet , derived from the Old French gober (to swallow) and etymologically related to gobble (to eat quickly), 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 ...
Usage examples of gobbet.
The panicking dextrier, in the host of the young child, tried to obey, and sent flaming gobbets of gas spinning in a tight spiral, spattering the pair of handlingers beside it in the air.
The futchels creaked and squealed as the vehicle swung round another corner, tipping on to two wheels and hurling gobbets of mud into the osiers blurring past on both sides.
Tentacled mollusks latched onto it immediately and soon aquatic lizards converged on it as well, their needle snouts ripping off gobbets of meat.
Ring chamber: great gobbets of material showered from its surface, so that it left a trail like some impossible comet as it blazed, Paul saw, towards the throng of photino birds.
This was partly because drinking it spaced out the viscous gobbets and partly because both Plaice and Bonden had salted the dish, which bred an unnatural thirst, but also because the wine was thoroughly agreeable in itself.
So he sware, and even as the Name passed his teeth, the gobbets of foam floated forth from the gate, and the water-weed writhed away with the stream, and the river flowed fair and softly, with a sound like singing.
It stomped past them on swinging tripedal legs, kicking stray stones and gobbets of metal out of its way.
Huge white sharks snapped and gored the smaller tiger and mako sharks, while the barracuda cut sailfish and cobia and tarpon into bloody gobbets of meat.
With great sweeps of their flails, they spattered lemures to gobbets, then punched down on the squirming mass to ignite it, so the lemures burned even as they reformed.
Blood spattered the trail, drops and then thick gobbets of it, smelling of copper, salt, and iron.
Breath steamed from its rank muzzle, and gobbets of froth dangled from its jaws.
Doc, her blond hair streaming around her as she struggled for air, air that came swamped in thick gobbets of blood.
A younger male will defeat you and, laughing, drag your liver in bloody gobbets out through your nostrils.
Toothy mouths clamped onto the flint creature in the same second, biting hard and gnashing fast to rip the prey to flinders, to reduce it to bloody gobbets before it could escape, or even limp away wounded.
His eyes were wide and staring, and gobbets of tears coursed down his cheeks.