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gob
/ɡɒb/GOB
Local meaning
Mouth; also speech, chatter, or the act of speaking too much.
Gob can mean the physical mouth or, figuratively, someone’s talk. It appears in blunt commands and compounds such as gobshite, where it contributes the idea of objectionable speech.
Examples in context
- Close your gob and let her finish.
- He has a loud gob after two pints.
How it is used
The word is informal and often rude when directed at someone.
Blunt, comic, irritated, insulting, or rough.
Arguments, joking, storytelling, and strong informal speech.
Commonly understood in Ireland; naturalness varies by region, generation, and relationship.
Commands involving gob can escalate conflict even when friends use them jokingly.
Spelling and scope
Contemporary Irish English, with regional and generational variation.
- Search and reference forms
shut your gobgob offgobshite
LocalMean keeps common search spellings discoverable. Regional, historical, and Irish-language forms remain attached to one canonical meaning page rather than being split into duplicate entries.
Common patterns
- shut your gob
- a big gob
- gob off
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
These sources support the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or cultural context. The entry remains open to correction from Irish speakers, regional communities, and qualified reviewers.
- The Oxford Handbook of Irish EnglishOxford University Press
Comprehensive scholarly overview of English varieties across the island of Ireland, including history, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, pragmatics, and regional variation.
- The Vocabulary of Irish EnglishOxford Academic
Scholarly chapter on the vocabulary of Irish English and the corpus evidence used to describe it.