From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsobsob /sɒb $ sɑːb/ ●●○ verb (sobbed, sobbing) 1 [intransitive]CRY to cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts He began sobbing uncontrollably.► see thesaurus at cry2 [transitive] (also sob out)SAY to say something while you are sobbing ‘It’s too late, ’ she sobbed. —sob noun [countable] loud sobs→ See Verb table
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sob• "Please don't leave me, " he sobbed.• As she stumbled along the path, she began to sob.• The sound of her sobbing kept them awake all night.• Manny, leaning against the side of the building, was holding Maryellen, who was sobbing loudly.• Her parents were there, sobbing painfully, her younger brother, and older sister.• She started to sob, slowly at first, then harsher.• But Denver was shaking now and sobbing so she could not speak.• Hysterically light with fear, I ran sobbing to my room.• Leyland was sitting beside me, and he was sobbing, too.• My mother was sobbing uncontrollably.• The child covered her face with her hands and started to sob uncontrollably.• The sobbing woman is out of order, embarrassing, unreasonable.sobbing uncontrollably• He woke up finally from a nightmare of dismembered bodies and prison guards to find himself bathed in sweat and sobbing uncontrollably.• I sensed his wavering and I began sobbing uncontrollably.• Julie dropped the hammer and found she was sobbing uncontrollably.SOBSOB, S.O.B. /ˌes əʊ ˈbiː $ -oʊ-/ noun [countable] American English not polite the abbreviation of son of a bitchExamples from the Corpus
SOB• Or maybe he really is an arrogant SOB.• The SOB has been purposely avoiding me the past two or three weeks.Origin sob (1100-1200) Perhaps from Dutch or Low German 