Associations to the word «Gobbet»

Wiktionary

GOBBET, noun. A quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch
GOBBET, noun. A lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat
GOBBET, noun. An extract of text, or image (especially a quotation), provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination.
GOBBET, verb. (transitive) To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.
GOBBET, verb. (transitive) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

Dictionary definition

GOBBET, noun. A lump or chunk of raw meat.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne