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"sob" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often cry (3 letters).
Definitions
To cry with short, convulsive breaths.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
““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.””
“She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.”
“She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Cry”3 letters
02“Cry with gasps”3 letters
03“Weep”3 letters
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