SOB
\sˈɒb], \sˈɒb], \s_ˈɒ_b]\
Definitions of SOB
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To sigh in a convulsive manner, with tears:-pr.p. sobbing; pa.t. and pa.p. sobbed.
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A short, convulsive sigh.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A spasmodic, sudden, and momentary contraction of the diaphragm, immediately followed by re-laxation, by which the little air, that the contraction has caused to enter the chest, is driven out with noise. It is an evidence of corporeal or mental suffering.
By Robley Dunglison