gobble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
noun
  1. Fellatio; a blowjob.
  2. An act of eating hastily or greedily.
  3. 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.
verb
  1. Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
  2. To make the sound of a turkey.
noun
  1. The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɒbl̩/ /ˈɡɑbl̩/ en-us-gobble.ogg

Word forms

gobble gobbles gobbling gobbled

Etymology

From Middle English gobben (“to drink or swallow greedily”), of uncertain origin + -le (frequentative suffix). Middle English gobben is perhaps an alteration of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to English gulpen (“to gulp”). However, compare also French gober.

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