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Noun: goby gow-bee
- Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
- gudgeon
- Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
"three years went by"
- elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, slide by, go along
- Move past
"A black limousine went by when she looked out the window"
- travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, pass
- Be called; go by a certain name
"She goes by her maiden name again"
- go under
- Be or act in accordance with
"Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
Sounds like: Gobi
Derived forms: gone by, goes by, went by, gobies, going by
See also: go
Type of: advance, conform to, follow, go, go on, locomote, march on, move, move on, pass on, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, progress, travel
Part of: family Gobiidae, Gobiidae
Encyclopedia: Goby
Nearest
go all out
go along
go around
go away
go back
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go bananas
go board
go by
go deep
go down
go down on
go down the pan
go Dutch
go far
Go Fish
go for
go for broke
go forth
go along
go around
go away
go back
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go bananas
go board
go by
go deep
go down
go down on
go down the pan
go Dutch
go far
Go Fish
go for
go for broke
go forth