sob

nounverbverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//sɒb//
United States//sɑb//

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

noun

1
A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2
The sound of sob.
“My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”

Etymology

From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).

verb

1
To weep with convulsive gasps.
She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
2
To say (something) while sobbing.
"He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

verb

1
To soak.
the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood

Etymology

See sop.

Forms

plural: sobs
past tense: sobbed
past participle: sobbed
present participle: sobbing
third person singular: sobs

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sob · A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

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