The difference between Gob and Spit

When used as nouns, gob means a lump of soft or sticky material, whereas spit means a thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

When used as verbs, gob means to gather into a lump, whereas spit means to impale on a spit.


check bellow for the other definitions of Gob and Spit

  1. Gob as a noun (countable):

    A lump of soft or sticky material.

  2. Gob as a noun (countable, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang):

    The mouth.

    Examples:

    "He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food."

    "Oi, you, shut your gob!"

    "She's got such a gob on her – she′s always gossiping about someone or other."

  3. Gob as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Saliva or phlegm.

    Examples:

    "He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement."

  4. Gob as a noun (US, military, slang):

    A sailor.

  5. Gob as a noun (uncountable, mining):

    Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.

  6. Gob as a noun (US, regional):

    A whoopee pie.

  1. Gob as a verb:

    To gather into a lump.

  2. Gob as a verb:

    To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

  3. Gob as a verb (mining, intransitive):

    To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

  1. Spit as a noun:

    A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

    Examples:

    "synonyms broach"

  2. Spit as a noun:

    A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

  1. Spit as a verb (transitive):

    To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

    Examples:

    "to spit a loin of veal"

  2. Spit as a verb (transitive):

    To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

    Examples:

    "She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."

  1. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

    Examples:

    "synonyms expectorate"

  2. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

    Examples:

    "a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"

  3. Spit as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To utter (something) violently.

  4. Spit as a verb (transitive, slang, hip-hop):

    To rap, to utter.

  1. Spit as a noun (uncountable):

    Saliva, especially when expectorated.

    Examples:

    "synonyms expectoration spittle"

    "There was spit all over the washbasin."

  2. Spit as a noun (countable):

    An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

  1. Spit as a noun:

    The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

  2. Spit as a noun:

    The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

  1. Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):

    To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

  2. Spit as a verb (transitive, dialectal):

    To plant (something) using a spade.

  3. Spit as a verb (intransitive, dialectal):

    To dig, to spade.

    Examples:

    "synonyms delve"

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