gobble (redirected from gobbles)

gob·ble ¹  (gbl)

v. gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

v.tr.

1. To devour in greedy gulps.

2. To take greedily; grab: gobbled up the few remaining tickets.

v.intr.

To eat greedily or rapidly.

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[Frequentative of Middle English gobben, to drink greedily, probably from gobbe, lump, mouthful; see gob¹.]

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gob·ble ²  (gbl)

n.

The guttural, chortling sound of a male turkey.

intr.v. gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

To make this sound.

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[Imitative.]

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gobble¹

vb

1. (when tr, often foll by up) to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls

2. (tr; often foll by up) Informal to snatch

[probably from gob¹]

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gobble²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the loud rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys

interj

an imitation of this sound

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of a turkey) to make this sound

[probably of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gobble - the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	gobble - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" bolt eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
	2.	gobble - make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

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gobble

verb devour, swallow, gulp, guzzle, wolf, bolt, cram in, gorge on, pig out on (slang), stuff yourself with He gobbled all the beef stew.

Translations

gobble [ˈgɒbl]

A. N → gluglú m

B. VT (also gobble down, gobble up) → engullir, tragar

C. VI [turkey] → gluglutear

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gobble [ˈgɒb^əl] vt [+ food] → engloutir

gobble down

vt [+ food] → engloutir

gobble up

vt

[+ food] → engloutir

[+ money, resources] → engloutir

[+ group, organization] → engloutir

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gobble

vt → verschlingen

vi

(= eat noisily) → schmatzen

(turkey) → kollern

n (of turkey) → Kollern nt

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gobble [ˈgɒbl] vt (also gobble down, gobble up) → trangugiare, ingurgitare

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gobble [ˈgɒbl] vt (also gobble down, gobble up) → trangugiare, ingurgitare

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gobble

v gobble [ˈgobl]

1 to swallow food etc quickly You'll be sick if you keep gobbling your meals like that. gulsig eet يَلْتَهِم нагъвам hltat sluge hinunterschlingen καταβροχθίζω engullir, devorar, zamparse kugistama بلعیدن؛ با ولع خوردن hotkia engloutir לִזלוֹל जल्दी और आवाज करके खाना halapljivo gutati zabál melahap háma í sig ingoiare がつがつ食べる 게걸스럽게 먹다 ryti rīt makan dengan gelojoh schrokken, slokken sluke, lange i seg pożerać devorar a înfuleca лопать hltať hlastno goltati halapljivo pojesti glufsa i sig, sluka กลืนกินอย่างรวดเร็ว çabuk çabuk yutmak 狼吞虎嚥 їсти пожадливо; пожирати جلدی میں کھانا ، گٹکنا nuốt lấy nuốt để 狼吞虎咽

2 (of turkeys) to make a noise in the throat We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard. klok صَوْت الدّيك الرومي крякам hudrovat pludre kollern κάνω «γλου γλου» glugluguear kulistama قات قات کردن؛ صدای بوقلمون دادن kalkattaa glouglouter לְגַעגֵעַ भकोसना, चटकर जाना brbotati hurukkol bunyi kalkun klaka gloglottare ごろごろ鳴く (칠면조 수컷이) 울다 burbuliuoti (par tītaru) buldurēt bunyi kelokok klokken buldre, pludre gulgotać grugrulejar a bolborosi кулдыкать hudrovať kavdrati pućpurikati klucka ส่งเสียงเหมือนไก่งวง hindi sesi çıkarmak (火雞)發出咕咕聲 кулдикати فیل قرغ کی آواز ، بق بق kêu gợp gợp (gà tây) 发出咯咯叫声