Definition of sob Sob

/sɑˈb/ - [sab] - sob

We found 12 definitions of sob from 5 different sources.

What does sob mean?

Noun Plural: sobs
sob - convulsive gasp made while weeping
		sobbing
		crying, tears, weeping the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
sob - a dyspneic condition
		shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness
		dyspnea, dyspnoea difficult or labored respiration
sob - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
		asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
		disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
Verb sobs, sobbing, sobbed
sob - weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"
		weep, cry shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

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sob (v. t.)
To soak.
sob (v. i.)
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.
sob (n.)
The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
sob (n.)
Any sorrowful cry or sound.

sob
sob, v.i. to sigh in a convulsive manner, with tears: to weep with convulsive catchings of the breath, due to contractions of the diaphragm, accompanied by a closure of the glottis, preventing the entrance of air into the lungs.—v.t. to utter with sobs:—pr.p. sob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. sobbed.—n. a short, convulsive sigh, any similar sound.—n. Sob′bing.—adv. Sob′bingly. [Conn. with A.S. seófian, to sigh; Ger. seufzen.]

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sob in sign language