SOB

Meanings

1. Initialism of son of a bitch.
2. Initialism of shortness of breath.
3. Initialism of souls on board.
4. Initialism of sum of best.
5. Initialism of start of business.
6. Initialism of share of business.
7. Initialism of seal on a bedsheet, used humorously to recall the first sense

1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2. The sound of sob.

1. To weep with convulsive gasps.
2. To say (something) while sobbing.

1. To soak.

Etymology

From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).