sob

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see also: SOB

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sɒb/
• (GA) enPR: säb, IPA: /sɑb/

Noun

sob (plural sobs)

1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of sob
   • 1874, George Carter Stent, [//books.google.com/books?id=wvM-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=sob&hl=en&sa=X#v=onepage&q=sob&f=false The Jade Chaplet in Twenty-four Beads]:

     “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.”

Translations

• French: sanglot
• German: Schluchzen, Schluchzer
• Italian: singhiozzo
• Portuguese: soluço
• Russian: всхли́пывание
• Spanish: sollozo

Verb

sob (sobs, present participle sobbing; past and past participle sobbed)

1. (intransitive) to weep with convulsive gasps.

   • She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.

2. (transitive) to say (something) while sobbing.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:weep

Translations

• French: sangloter
• German: schluchzen
• Italian: singhiozzare
• Portuguese: soluçar
• Russian: всхли́пывать
• Spanish: sollozar

Translations

• German: schluchzen

Verb

sob (sobs, present participle sobbing; past and past participle sobbed)

1. To soak.

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SOB

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˌɛs oʊ ˈbi/

Noun

sob

1. (countable, vulgar, slang) Initialism of son of a bitch
2. (uncountable) Initialism of shortness of breath
3. (aviation, plural) Initialism of souls on board

Translations

• German: Huso
• Portuguese: fdp
• Spanish: hdp

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