sob

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   weep convulsively

   I was sobbing inconsolably.

2. 2
   noun

   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.”

3. 3
   verb

   To weep with convulsive gasps.

   She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.

4. 4
   verb

   To say (something) while sobbing.

   "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

5. 5
   verb

   To soak.

   the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood

6. 6
   noun

   convulsive gasp made while weeping

7. 7
   noun

   insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

8. 8
   noun

   Initialism of son of a bitch.

Etymology

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”).