gobble

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒbl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑbl̩/ Rhymes: -ɒbəl === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== 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 ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gobble (plural gobbles) (Scotland, slang, vulgar) Fellatio; a blowjob. (rare) An act of eating hastily or greedily. (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. ===== Derived terms ===== === 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) Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds. (ambitransitive) To make the sound of a turkey. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gobble (plural gobbles) The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird. ===== Translations ===== === See also === cluck gobbledegook