blob

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blob / bläb/ • n. a drop of a thick liquid or other viscous substance: blobs of paint. ∎  a spot of color: a badly printed blob on shopping bags. ∎  an indeterminate mass or shape: a leathery blob commonly known as a sea squirt.• v. [tr.] (often be blobbed) put small drops of thick liquid or spots of color on: her nose was blobbed with paint.DERIVATIVES: blob·by adj.

blob

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blob XV. in early use north.; imit. Cf. BLUBBER, BUBBLE.

BLOB

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BLOB / bläb/ • n. Comput. binary large objects.

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