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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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