gobble
gobble is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
- 2.To eat greedily.
- 3.To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
- 4.A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- appetite
- avarice
- avaricious
- belly
- blow
- bolt
- bon
- cheer
- cormorant
- cram
- crapulence
- crapulent
- cuisine
- devour
- eat
- edacious
- edacity
- engorge
- epicure
- epicurism
- feast
- fill
- food
- fork
- gastronome
- gastronomy
- glutton
- gluttonous
- gluttony
- god
- good
- gorge
- gormandize
- gourmand
- gourmet
- greed
- greediness
- greedy
- gulosity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is gobble.
- What is to utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang] called?
- What is to make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior called?
- What is a noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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