Complete Definition of "sob"

see|SOB
English

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/s�b/, SAMPA|/sQb/
(US): AHD|säb, IPA|/s�b/, SAMPA|/sAb/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�b|-�b

Noun
en-noun

  1. a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

Translations
trans-top|a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath
Croatian: jecaj
Dutch: snik
Finnish: nyyhkäys, nyyhkytys
French: sanglot m
German: Schluchzen n
Icelandic: snökkt n, ekki m, ekkasog n, andvarp n
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Polish: �kanie
Spanish: sollozo m
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Derived terms
sob story
sob stuff

Verb
en-verb|sob|b|ing

  1. intransitive to weep with convulsive gasps.
  2. transitive to say (something) while sobbing.

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

Translations
trans-top|weep with convulsive gasps
Dutch: snotteren
Finnish: nyyhkyttää
French: sangloter
Icelandic: snökta, stynja, andvarpa, gráta, stynja upp
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trans-top|say (something) while sobbing
Dutch: snikken
Finnish: nyyhkyttää
French: dire#French|dire en sangloter|sanglotant<!--not a set phrase in French, hence the individual words have been wikified.-->
<!-- Examplesentence should be removed to the French entry "sangloter":
:"He doesn't love me!" she sobbed &mdash; «Il ne m'aime pas !» dit-elle en sanglotant
NOTE: This is correct as given: the « and » are the French equivalent of quotation marks; French puts a space before an exclamation mark; "dit" is the past historic here, not the present tense; and French inverts the subject and verb in phrases such as "she said" used with reported speech-->
Icelandic: stynja upp, segja frá með ekka
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ttbc|Croatian: jecati
ttbc|German: schluchzen
ttbc|Polish: �ka�


Croatian

Noun
sob m

  1. reindeer

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin sub

Preposition
sob

  1. under

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