Definition of "sob"

sob¹

/sɒb/

noun
plural sobs
1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of sob
  Quotations
  “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn,A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne;And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”
  1874, George Carter Stent, The Jade Chaplet in Twenty-four Beads, page 9
verb
third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed
1. (intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
  Quotations
  She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
  1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 5”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
2. (transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.

sob²

/sɒb/

verb
third-person singular simple present sobs, present participle sobbing, simple past and past participle sobbed
1. To soak.
  Quotations
  the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood
  1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708