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  5  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  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['o]fian,  si['o]fian, 
  to  complain,  bewail,  se['o]fung,  si['o]fung,  sobbing, 
  lamentation;  cf  OHG.  s?ft["o]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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sob 
  n  1:  a  convulsive  gasp  made  during  weeping  [syn:  {sobbing}] 
  2:  (obscene)  insulting  terms  of  address  [syn:  {asshole},  {bastard}, 
  {cocksucker},  {shit},  {mother  fucker},  {motherfucker},  {mother}, 
  {prick},  {son  of  a  bitch},  {SOB}] 
  v  :  weep  convulsively;  "He  was  sobbing  inconsolably" 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOB 
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