sob
nomverbeverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//sɒb//
- États-Unis//sɑb//
A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
nom
- 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.”
Étymologie
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”).
verbe
- 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.
verbe
- 1
To soak.
the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood
Étymologie
See sop.
Formes
- pluriel
- sobs
- passé
- sobbed
- participe passé
- sobbed
- participe présent
- sobbing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- sobs
sob · A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
sobbing · Act of one who sobs; a crying or weeping.sober · Not drunk; not intoxicated.Sober · A surname.