SOB : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: SOB	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for SOB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
SOB n a dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness] insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous Synonym(s): asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB convulsive gasp made while weeping Synonym(s): sob, sobbing v weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sob \Sob\, v. t. [See {Sop}.] To soak. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sobbing}.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se[a2]fian, si[a2]fian, to complain, bewail, se[a2]fung, si[a2]fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[?]ft[94]n, s[?]ft[?]n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[?]ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[?]fen to drink, OHG. s[?]fan. Cf. {Sup}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sob \Sob\, n. 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.