blob

 
Pronunciation: /blɒb/

noun

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

verb (blobs, blobbing, blobbed)

[with object]
  • put small drops of thick liquid or spots of colour on: her nose was blobbed with paint

Derivatives

blobby

adjective (blobbier, blobbiest)

Origin:

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