Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈɡɒbl̩/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɑbl̩/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Verb
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
- Examples
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He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
More examples (1)
He began, as his custom, to gobble it up, but when he had eaten for some time, he began to relax a little in his efforts, and at last he sat quite still, with his knife in his hand, looking at the pudding.
“The farm's had a lot of bad luck, you see. Dad thinks there is a curse on the place.” “Most like. Most like,” said Catweazle, gobbling the banana.
Noun
Fellatio; a blowjob.
Usage- Scotland
- Slang
- Vulgar
- Examples
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Nowadays, he was lucky if his mam's auld drinking cronies gave him a gobble.
An act of eating hastily or greedily.
Usage- Rare
- Examples
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[…] wrinkling his forehead and moving his jaws and throat violently, as if he expected to choke with each gobble.
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.
Verb
Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Examples
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Not before this performance is over does he [a male capercaillie] settle down to play, and commence gobbling and snapping his beak.
To make the sound of a turkey.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Examples
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He […] gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
Noun
The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.
- Related words
- Examples
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But while the hen continued her cackle he finished his first play, and had commenced the gobble of his second, when a twig cracked beneath my feet.
Noun
the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- Broader terms
Verb
eat hastily without proper chewing
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
- Examples
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Don't bolt your food!
make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys