# sob

Pronunciation: say "SOB" US /sɑb/, UK /sɒb/

## Verb

1. To cry hard, drawing breath in sudden, convulsive gasps.
   - Simple: To cry hard while gasping for breath.
   - _He sobbed into his hands long after the funeral ended._
   - _She fought hard not to sob in front of her coworkers._
3. To utter something while weeping with convulsive gasps.
   - Simple: To say something while crying with gasping breaths.
   - _She sobbed his name into the phone._
   - _Between gasps, he managed to sob a few broken words._
5. To soak: to drench something with water or become thoroughly wet.
   - Simple: To make something very wet by leaving it in water.
   - _Days of steady rain had sobbed the clay until it would hold no more._
   - _Farmers would let the hides sob in the trough for a week._

## Noun

2. A cry produced with a brief, sudden release of breath.
   - Simple: A short cry that comes out with a quick gasp of breath.
   - _Her voice broke into a sob halfway through the speech._
   - _The room fell silent except for the occasional sob._
4. The audible sound produced by someone sobbing.
   - Simple: The sound a person makes when sobbing.
   - _A low sob broke the silence of the empty chapel._
   - _He recognized the sob in her breathing even over the phone._

## Origin

From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben ("to drool, slobber"), and related to words like West Frisian sabje ("to suck") and German sabbern ("to drool, slobber").

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