gob1

 
Pronunciation: /gɒb/
informal

noun

  • 1a lump of a viscous or slimy substance: a gob of phlegm
  • North American a small lump.
  • 2 (gobs of) North American a large amount of: they pumped gobs of money into the candidates' election coffers

verb (gobs, gobbing, gobbed)

[no object] British
  • spit.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French gobe 'mouthful, lump', from gober 'to swallow, gulp', perhaps of Celtic origin