SOBBING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sobbing mean? 

• SOBBING (noun)
  The noun SOBBING has 1 sense:

1. convulsive gasp made while weeping

  Familiarity information: SOBBING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOBBING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convulsive gasp made while weeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sob; sobbing

Hypernyms ("sobbing" is a kind of...):

crying; tears; weeping (the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds))

Derivation:

sob (weep convulsively)

 Context examples 

She turned and tottered to the bunk, flinging herself face down upon it, sobbing: "You beasts! You beasts!"

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

So, sobbing and crying, they went about their way, half clad as they were, and prepared fire and water.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

To my amazement she was sobbing on my neck.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I did not cry so as to be heard, however; I avoided sobbing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then the strong, soothing hand of the austere maid drew her head down on to the cushion, and the wild anger died away into passionate sobbing.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He burst into convulsive sobbing, with his face buried in his hands.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The girl was taken to her room, still screaming and sobbing, while I made inquiries about Brunton.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Before she came back, Laurie walked into the parlor to find Amy sobbing, with her head in the sofa cushions.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My dear mother had borne her long struggle without a sign all these years, but now that she was so suddenly eased of it she fell sobbing upon his neck.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)