gobbet

[US]/'gɒbɪt/
[UK]/'ɡɑbɪt/

Translation

n. small fragment or piece, a mouthful, chunk.
Word Forms
Pluralgobbets

Phrases & Collocations

small gobbet

soft gobbet

Example Sentences

a torn-off gobbet of flesh.

a diary containing gobbets of useful information.

a gobbet of meat

to vomit gobbets of blood

a gobbet of information

to dissect a gobbet of tissue

gobbets of fat in the stew

to analyze gobbets of data

gobbets of mud splattered everywhere

to find gobbets of truth in the story

gobbets of seaweed washed ashore

to pick up gobbets of broken glass

Real-world Examples

Tyrion unbuckled his helm, twisted it off, and spat a gobbet of bloody pink phlegm over the side. " It feels as though I bit through half my tongue" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

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