sob /ˈsɑb/
 (vi.)啜泣,嗚咽(vt.)哭訴,哭得使啜泣,嗚咽
 Sob v. t.  To soak. [Obs.]
 Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.]  To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
    Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.   --Bacon.
 She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
 She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.   --Dryden.
 Sob, n.
 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
    Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.   --Dryden.
 2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
    The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.   --Wordsworth.
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 SOB
      n 1: a dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, breathlessness]
      2: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
         irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard, cocksucker,
          dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick,
          whoreson, son of a bitch]
      3: convulsive gasp made while weeping [syn: sobbing]
      v : weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"