sob

noun

1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, vulgar)Initialism of son of a bitch.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of shortness of breath.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, in-plural, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of souls on board.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of sum of best.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of start of business.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of share of business.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first sense
9. (onomatopoeic)The sound of sob.

   ““My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.””

verb

1. (intransitive)To weep with convulsive gasps.

   “She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.”

   “She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.”

2. (transitive)To say (something) while sobbing.

   “"He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.”

3. To soak.

   “the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood”