gobble.
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
Meaning & usage
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.
Fellatio; a blowjob.
An act of eating hastily or greedily.
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.
Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
To make the sound of a turkey.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.
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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