blob
/blɑb/noun, verb
blob is spelled B-L-O-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blob means “A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blob is blobs.
How many letters and syllables are in blob?
| Letters | 4: B-L-O-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,420th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blob?
Blob appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,420th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blob?
- UK /blɒb/
- US /blɑb/
Blob has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-blob.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blob?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blob from its last stressed vowel (/ɑb/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blob
- blobs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blobbing participle, present
- blobbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
- 2
A large cloud of gas.
- 3
Ellipsis of extended Lyman-Alpha blob, a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
- 4
A bubble; a bleb.
- 5
A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
- 6
The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
- 7
slangA score of zero.
- 8
Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.
- 9
Alternative spelling of BLOB.
verb
- 1
To splash in the form of a blob or blobs.
- 2
To drop a blob or blobs onto; to cover with blobs.
- 3
To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
- 4
UKcolloquialTo spill sauce on oneself while eating.
- 5
slangTo relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
- 6
To catch eels by means of worms strung on a thread.
noun
- 1
Acronym of binary large object.
I've added a BLOB so that we can store pictures.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blob in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shapeless or amorphous mass:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pâte, goutte, tache |
| German | Klumpen, Klecks, Klümpchen |
| Portuguese | amorfo |
| Spanish | bodoque, mazacote, bloboque, grumo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blob come from?
From Middle English *blob (“attested in blobby”). Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to bleb and blubber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).