Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To weep aloud with convulsive gasping; cry uncontrollably. synonym: cry.
- intransitive verb To make a sound resembling that of loud weeping.
- intransitive verb To utter with sobs.
- intransitive verb To put or bring (oneself) into a specified condition by sobbing.
- noun The act or sound of sobbing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sigh strongly with a sudden heaving of the breast or a kind of convulsive motion; weep with convulsive catchings of the breath.
- To make a sound resembling a sob.
- To give forth or utter with sobs; particularly, to say with sobbing.
- In lute-playing, to deaden the tone of by damping the string, or relaxing the finger by which it is stopped.
- To frighten.
- To sup; suck up.
- To sop; soak with a liquid.
- noun A convulsive heaving of the breast and inspiration of breath, under the impulse of painful emotion, and accompanied with weeping; a strong or convulsive sigh. It consists of a short, convulsive, somewhat noisy respiratory movement.
- noun A sound resembling the sobbing of a human being.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
- transitive verb obsolete To soak.
- noun The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
- noun Any sorrowful cry or sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
cry with a short, suddenexpulsion of breath. - verb intransitive to
weep withconvulsive gasps . - verb transitive to say (something) while sobbing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb weep convulsively
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- noun a dyspneic condition
- noun convulsive gasp made while weeping
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oui moi j'dis j'ai eu les boules a c'te scene du jeu * sob sob*
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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I'm going to go sob in the corner of the library where books are kept, far away from the video shelves. *sob sob*
HH Com 439 Miss Snark 2006
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Yeah but OW!! for one thing .. they're a size too big since I inherited them from beccarat and I'm not yet large enough to be a size 5 * sob sob* and also .. yeah just OW!!!
the-moo Diary Entry the-moo 2005
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I miss my Dean, I love my baby Ryaaan. * sob sob sob*
Corrieblog 2009
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And eventually, he'd fail. * sob sob* Bella should be with Edward.
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And eventually, he'd fail. * sob sob* Bella should be with Edward.
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And eventually, he'd fail. * sob sob* Bella should be with Edward.
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Something to engage her from the love-split trauma, * sob sob*
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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And eventually, he'd fail. * sob sob* Bella should be with Edward.
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And eventually, he'd fail. * sob sob* Bella should be with Edward.
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