gobble

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈɡɑbəl/ UK /ˈɡɒbəl/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like gabble /æ/ vs /ɑ/

verb

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... devour gulp wolf bolt guzzle scoff

Opposites

nibble sip

Word family

Forms gobbling

Derived forms gobbledgobblinggobbler

Related forms gob

Etymology

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

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Food & Drink

# 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

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