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gobble.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɡɒbl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑbl̩/General-American
  1. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

    He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈɡɒbl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑbl̩/General-American
  1. Fellatio; a blowjob.

    Scotland · slang · vulgar
  2. An act of eating hastily or greedily.

    rare
  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.

Where this word comes from

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/ˈɡɒbl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑbl̩/General-American
  1. Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.

    ambitransitive
  2. To make the sound of a turkey.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

noun/ˈɡɒbl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɑbl̩/General-American
  1. The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.

Where this word comes from

Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

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