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sob

1

[ sob ]

verb (used without object)

sobbed, sobbing.
  1. to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
  2. to make a sound resembling this.


verb (used with object)

sobbed, sobbing.
  1. to utter with sobs.
  2. to put, send, etc., by sobbing or with sobs:

    to sob oneself to sleep.

noun

  1. the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
  2. any sound suggesting this.

S.O.B.

2
or SOB

abbreviation for

(sometimes lowercase)

s.o.b.

1

abbreviation for

  1. son of a bitch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sob

2

/ ɒ /

verb

  1. intr to weep with convulsive gasps
  2. tr to utter with sobs
  3. to cause (oneself) to be in a specified state by sobbing

    to sob oneself to sleep

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a convulsive gasp made in weeping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲ, nounadjective
  • ˈDz, noun
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Other 51Թs From

  • Dzb noun
  • DzbԲ· adverb
  • Dzfܱ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sob1

1150–1200; Middle English sobben, apparently imitative
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sob1

C12: probably from Low German; compare Dutch sabben to suck
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Example Sentences

In an early scene, Garrett drives around sobbing to the Skid Row ballad “I Remember You” and you wonder if Hess himself is deluded about what sounds cool to today’s fifth-graders.

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Elliotte smiled, Wyatt looked shocked and Bennett — then only 21 months old — simply sobbed hysterically.

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"I was sobbing as I was put to sleep, and I was sobbing when I woke up."

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Brooke Hogan — the actor and reality-star daughter of Hulk Hogan and his first wife, Linda — accused her parents of abuse Wednesday after her mom posted a video of herself sobbing over her dysfunctional family.

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“Plaintiff did the best she could to protect herself as she sobbed and pleaded until Tate climaxed and stopped beating and choking her.”

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