Tra từ sob - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sob [sob sobs sobbed sobbing] verb, noun BrE [sɒb] NAmE [sɑːb]
verb (-bb-)
1. intransitive to cry noisily, taking sudden, sharp breaths
•I heard a child sobbing loudly.
•He started to sob uncontrollably.
2. transitive to say sth while you are crying
•+ speech ‘I hate him,’ she sobbed.
•~ sth (out) He sobbed out his troubles.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.

Example Bank:
•He began to sob uncontrollably.
•He was pleading, almost sobbing, first silently and then aloud.
•I heard a child sob loudly.
•She began sobbing into her pillow.
•She started sobbing hysterically.
•She was sobbing with pain and fear.
•She flung herself at his chest and sobbed her heart out.
Idiom: ↑sob your heart out

noun
an act or the sound of sobbing
•He gave a deep sob.
•Her body was racked (= shaken) with sobs.
•She managed to stifle (= stop) a sob.

Word Origin:
Middle English: perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect sabben ‘to suck’.

Example Bank:
•‘I don't want to go!’ she said between sobs.
•‘Why didn't you tell me?’ she asked with a sob.
•A choked sob rose in his throat.
•A dry sob caught in her throat.
•A sob escaped her lips.
•Choking back a sob, she ran to her father's chair.
•Deep racking sobs shook his whole body.
•Ellen choked on a sob before admitting the truth.
•He continued his story through stifled sobs.
•He was too racked by sobs to reply.
•Her body was racked with sobs.
•I couldn't hold back the heaving sobs.
•My father broke down into sobs.
•You can't expect me to believe this sob story!
•a great sob of despair
•a sob from George