SOB
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SOB¹
- /ˌɛs oʊ ˈbi/ US
noun SOBs
- Initialism of son of a bitch.son of a bitch Voicing her frustration on the case’s progress, Darlene told the Dayton Daily News, “Up to six months ago, I wanted the SOBs killed. Now I don’t care. I just want to know what happened, and where the body is, and where the remains will be found. […]”
- Initialism of shortness of breath.shortness of breath
- Initialism of souls on board.souls on board
- Initialism of sum of best.sum of best
- Initialism of start of business.start of business
- Initialism of share of business.share of business
- Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first senseseal on a bedsheet
sob²
- /sɒb/ UK
- /sɑb/ US
Rhymes with -ɒb
Where it comes from
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”).
noun sobs
- A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
- 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.”
verb sobs · sobbing · sobbed
- To weep with convulsive gasps. She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
- To say (something) while sobbing. "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.
sob³
- /sɒb/ UK
- /sɑb/ US
Rhymes with -ɒb
Where it comes from
See sop.
verb sobs · sobbing · sobbed
- To soak. the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood
