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blob

/blɒb/
noun
  1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

  2. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.

  3. A bubble; a bleb.

verb
  1. To drop in the form of a blob or blobs

  2. To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.

  3. To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.

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