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Webster 1913 Edition
Gobble
Gob′ble
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gobbled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gobbling
.] [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
,Verb.
I.
1.
To eat greedily.
2.
To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
Prior.
Gob′ble
,Noun.
A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant
gobble
. Mrs. Gore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gobble
GOB'BLE
,Verb.
T.
GOB'BLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
gobble
gobble
English
Verb
gobble (third-person singular simple present gobbles, present participle gobbling, simple past and past participle gobbled)
- To make the sound of a turkey.
- Goldsmith
- He […] gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
- Goldsmith
- To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with up
- He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
- Jonathan Swift
- supper gobbled up in haste
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to make the sound of a turkey
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to eat hastily or greedily
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See also
Noun
gobble (plural gobbles)
- The sound of a turkey.
- (Scotland, slang, vulgar) fellatio; ****
- 2009, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer
- Nowadays, he was lucky if his mam's auld drinking cronies gave him a gobble.
- 2009, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer
Translations
the sound of a turkey
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