1. a small piece or chunk of something, especially food or raw meat
2. a short extract or passage from a text
Usage: academic

Examples

• The cat devoured gobbets of fish from its bowl.
• She threw gobbets of raw meat to the hungry dogs.
• The butcher cut the beef into small gobbets.
• Students were asked to analyze gobbets from Shakespeare’s plays.
• The professor assigned gobbets of poetry for translation practice.
• Gobbets of mud clung to his boots after the hike.