Definition of "glob"

A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.  examples

(programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.  examples

(biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

To stick in globs or lumps.  examples

(programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.  examples