sob Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dyspneic condition
    shortness of breath; breathlessness.
  2. noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
    mother fucker; bastard; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; dickhead; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
  3. noun convulsive gasp made while weeping
    sobbing.
  4. verb weep convulsively
    • He was sobbing inconsolably

WordNet

Sob transitive verb
Etymology
See Sop.
Definitions
  1. To soak. Obs. Mortimer.
Sob intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. sftön, sftn, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. sft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from sfen to drink, OHG. sfan. Cf. Sup.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sobbed ; present participle & verbal noun Sobbing
Definitions
  1. To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
    Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon.
    She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden.
Sob noun
Definitions
  1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
    Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.
  2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
    The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913