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   blob

   /blɒb/

   noun

   • 1. a drop of a thick liquid or viscous substance: "blobs of paint" Similar dropdropletglobulebeadballbubblepelletpillpearlinformal:glob
   • ▪ a spot of colour: "the town is much more than a brown blob on the map" Similar spotdabsplashpopdaubblotchblotdotfleckspecksmudgesmearstreakmarkinformal:splotchsplodge
   • ▪ an indeterminate roundish mass or shape: "a big pink blob of a face was at the window"
   • ▪ a score of 0 in a game: "he made a string of blobs then hit a hundred"

   verb

   • 1. put small drops of thick liquid or spots of colour on: "her nose was blobbed with paint"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a bubble): perhaps symbolic of a drop of liquid; compare with blotch, blubber1, and plop.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blobby adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • L

     1

   • O

     1

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