Home › Words › G › goboongoboongoboon means A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.EtymologyFrom gob (“saliva”) + -oon.nounA receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.e.g.“He came into the limelight during segregation when a falling goboon brought with it a shower of something else and he earned the name of Reiny and a black N five stars.” — 1923, Lucky Bag (U.S. Naval Academy yearbook) for 1923, entry for "Dwight Harvey Day", p. 75Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.spittoon 67% match — A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff. vs goboon →gobshell 66% match — A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth. vs goboon →gobbing 63% match — The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff. vs goboon →gobbo 61% match — A goblin. vs goboon →gub 61% match — Mouth. vs goboon →gurrybutt 60% match — A receptacle for discarded clam or lobster shells, often a large bowl or small bucket placed directly on the table during a meal. vs goboon →gobbin 59% match — Waste material in old mine workings. vs goboon →gobful 59% match — A mouthful. vs goboon →