sob

Etymology 1

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”).

noun

1. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of sob
   My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn, A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne; And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave. 1874, George Carter Stent, The Jade Chaplet in Twenty-four Beads, page 9

verb

1. (intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.
2. (transitive) To say (something) while sobbing.
   "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.

Etymology 2

See sop.

verb

1. To soak.