SOB (sobbed, sobbing)

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Irregular inflected forms: sobbed    , sobbing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does SOB mean? 

• SOB (noun)
  The noun SOB has 3 senses:

1. a dyspneic condition

2. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

3. convulsive gasp made while weeping

  Familiarity information: SOB used as a noun is uncommon.

• SOB (verb)
  The verb SOB has 1 sense:

1. weep convulsively

  Familiarity information: SOB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dyspneic condition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

breathlessness; shortness of breath; SOB

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

dyspnea; dyspnoea (difficult or labored respiration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson

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

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Convulsive gasp made while weeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sob; sobbing

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

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

Derivation:

sob (weep convulsively)

• SOB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sob    ... he / she / it sobs   
Past simple: sobbed   
Past participle: sobbed   
-ing form: sobbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weep convulsively

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

He was sobbing inconsolably

Hypernyms (to "sob" is one way to...):

cry; weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sob; sobbing (convulsive gasp made while weeping)

 Context examples 

“No! no! no!” cried little Em'ly, sobbing, and shaking her head.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

From inside the door came a low whining and sobbing.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Her voice was suffocated with sobs.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He put a quarter in the youngster's hand and held him in his arms a moment, soothing his sobs.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jo lay long awake that night, and was just dropping off when the sound of a stifled sob made her fly to Beth's bedside, with the anxious inquiry, "What is it, dear?"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With a sob he laid his head on my shoulder and cried like a wearied child, whilst he shook with emotion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Oh, Humphrey,” she sobbed, “when will it all end? I am so tired, so tired.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

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)

He shuddered, and again made a sound between a cough and a sob.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

St. John called me to his side to read; in attempting to do this my voice failed me: words were lost in sobs.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)