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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.

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