Goby (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural (especially collectively) go·by, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) go·bies.
  1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
  2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.
noun Informal.
  1. a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub: to give one the go-by.
noun plural -by or -bies
  1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Gobiidae, of coastal or brackish waters, having a large head, an elongated tapering body, and the ventral fins modified as a sucker
  2. any other gobioid fish
verb (intr)
  1. to pass
  2. to be guided by
  3. to use as a basis for forming an opinion or judgment
noun
  1. a deliberate snub or slight (esp in the phrase give (a person) the go-by)
Goby (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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