sob

🇺🇸 /sɑːb/ 🇬🇧 /sɒb/
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Tags TOP10000CEFR-B2
verb
R

to cry loudly with short, quick breaths

The child began to sob after falling down.

R

to say something while crying

She managed to sob out her apology through tears.

noun
R

the act or sound of crying with short breaths

I could hear her sob from the next room.

translation

v. to cry loudly with short, quick breaths; to say something while crying
n. the act or sound of crying with short breaths

Word Forms

Past sobbed
3rd Present sobs
Progressive sobbing
Plural sobs
Perfect sobbed