goutte — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blob noun A soft, shapeless mass or drop of something.
- dribble verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
- drip verb To fall in individual drops.
- drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
- gout noun A painful form of arthritis caused by a build-up of uric acid crystals in the joints, often striking the big toe.
- tipple noun An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
Senses
goutte is used for these senses in English:
- blob 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.
- dribble (countable) A small amount of a liquid.
- drip A drop of a liquid.
- drop (also, figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- droplet A very small drop.
- gout (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
- goutte (heraldiccharge) A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.
- gutta (architectural element) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.
blob — full definition
- noun A soft, shapeless mass or drop of something.
- verb To fall or spill in the form of a blob.
dribble — full definition
- verb In sports such as football or basketball, to move the ball forward by repeatedly bouncing or tapping it.
- verb To let saliva or liquid drip slowly from the mouth or from a container.
- noun A small trickle of liquid, or an act of dribbling a ball.