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Definition of Gobble
1. Noun. The characteristic sound made by a turkey cock.
2. Verb. Eat hastily without proper chewing. "They gobble more bread"; "Don't bolt your food!"
3. Verb. Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
Definition of Gobble
1. v. t. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
2. v. i. To eat greedily.
3. n. A noise made in the throat.
Definition of Gobble
1. Verb. To make the sound of a turkey. ¹
2. Verb. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with up ¹
3. Noun. The sound of a turkey. ¹
4. Noun. (Scotland slang vulgar) fellatio; blowjob ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gobble
1. to eat hastily [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobble
Literary usage of Gobble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1809)
"So down the Alderman ran in a fright ; Heigho ! says gobble : And there sat John,
... Dear tne ! says Alderman gobble.. Was ever man so cruelly put on ! ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"This baron's name was " Baron von gobble ;'' he possessed a wife and a daughter,
the former not ugly, but not very pretty, but the latter—oh! my Muse help ..."
3. The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting by Edward Avery McIlhenny, Charles L. Jordan, Robert Wilson Shufeldt (1914)
"CHAPTER XI LEARNING TURKEY LANGUAGE — WHY DOES THE gobbleR gobble TO LEARN to
imitate ... Unless you know the meaning of the gobble, the yelp, and cluck, ..."
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