Gobble

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’bÉ™l

Origin

Onomatopoetic of the sound from a turkey.

Full definition of gobble

Verb

1. To make the sound of a turkey.
• GoldsmithHe ... gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
2. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with upHe gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
• Jonathan Swiftsupper gobbled up in haste

Derived terms

• gobbler
• gobble off
• gobbly

Noun

1. The sound of a turkey.
2. (Scotland, slang, vulgar) fellatio; blowjob
• 2009, Mandasue Heller, The CharmerNowadays, he was lucky if his mam's auld drinking cronies gave him a gobble.