GOBBLE

gobble

(noun) the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

gobble

(verb) make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

gobble, bolt

(verb) eat hastily without proper chewing; “Don’t bolt your food!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

gobble (third-person singular simple present gobbles, present participle gobbling, simple past and past participle gobbled)

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

Synonyms

• (eat quickly or greedily): hork, scarf, scoff

Noun

gobble (plural gobbles)

(Scotland, slang, vulgar) fellatio; blowjob

(rare) An act of eating hastily or greedily.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

Verb

gobble (third-person singular simple present gobbles, present participle gobbling, simple past and past participle gobbled)

(ambitransitive) To make the sound of a turkey.

Noun

gobble (plural gobbles)

The sound of a turkey.

(golf) A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past.

Proper noun

Gobble (plural Gobbles)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gobble is the 15833rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1838 individuals. Gobble is most common among White (96.3%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Gob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] Etym: [Freq. of 2d gob.]

1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift.

2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]

Gob"ble, v. i.

1. To eat greedily.

2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.

Gob"ble, n.

Definition: A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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