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glob
This term evokes a sense of viscosity and lack of structure, typically describing substances that are too thick to flow freely but too soft to hold a rigid shape. It carries a slightly informal or imprecise connotation, often suggesting a messy or haphazard application of a material rather than a precise measurement.
When used as a verb, it implies a clumsy or heavy-handed action. The imagery is one of accumulation and thickness, where the substance clings to a surface in a rounded, protruding heap rather than spreading evenly.
Meanings
Examples
A glob of mustard landed right on my white shirt.
Just glob some glue onto the edge of the paper.
The monster dissolved into a shimmering glob of slime.
The monster dissolved into a shimmering glob of slime.
I can see a glob of grease floating on top of the soup.
A thick glob of mud splattered across the windshield.
A thick glob of mud splattered across the windshield.
He watched a glob of wax drip slowly down the candle
I should not have globbed that much acrylic paint on the canvas.