gobble C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈɡɑbəl/ UK /ˈɡɒbəl/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like gabble /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Meanings 1 verb to eat hastily and greedily; to make a turkey's cry The hungry boys gobbled their dinner in a matter of minutes. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to eat hastily and... devourgulpwolfboltguzzlescoff ↔ Opposites nibblesip Word family Forms gobbling Derived forms gobbledgobblinggobbler Related forms gob Etymology AI details Probably a frequentative of gob ('to swallow in lumps'), from Old French gober ('to gulp'); the turkey-cry sense is independently imitative. gober Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gobble **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɑbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɒbəl/ ## Meanings 1. to eat hastily and greedily; to make a turkey's cry ## Examples - The hungry boys gobbled their dinner in a matter of minutes. ## Synonyms - devour - gulp - wolf - bolt - guzzle - scoff ## Antonyms - nibble - sip ## Derived Forms - gobbled - gobbling - gobbler ## Related Forms - gob ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gober ## Etymology Probably a frequentative of gob ('to swallow in lumps'), from Old French gober ('to gulp'); the turkey-cry sense is independently imitative. ## AI Etymology Gobble is probably a frequentative of gob ('to swallow in lumps'), from Old French gober ('to gulp'); the turkey-cry sense is independently imitative. The etymological trail includes Old French gober. As a verb, gobble means to eat hastily and greedily; to make a turkey's cry. The same family is visible in derived forms such as gobbled, gobbling, and gobbler and related forms such as gob. The wording should be read with that uncertainty intact: the proposed connection is plausible rather than absolute. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown