<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath</li><li>to make a sound resembling this</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter with sobs</li><li>to put, send, etc., by sobbing or with sobs: to sob oneself to sleep</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping</li><li>any sound suggesting this</li></ul>