Definitions for Gobble
ˈgɒb əlgob·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gobbleverb

   the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

2. gobble, boltverb

   eat hastily without proper chewing

   "Don't bolt your food!"

3. gobbleverb

   make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gobblenoun

   The sound of a turkey.

2. gobblenoun

   fellatio; blowjob

3. gobbleverb

   To make the sound of a turkey.

4. gobbleverb

   To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with up

   He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.

5. Etymology: Onomatopoetic of the sound from a turkey.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GOBBLEverb

   To swallow hastily with tumult and noise.

   Etymology: gober, to swallow, old French.

   The sheep were so keen upon the acorns, that they gobbled up now and then a piece of the coat along with them. Roger L'Estrange.

   Of last year’s corn in barn great store;
   Fat turkeys gobbling at the door. Matthew Prior.

   The time too precious now to waste,
   And supper gobbled up in haste,
   Again afresh to cards they run. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gobble

   To gobble generally means to consume or eat something quickly and in large portions, often due to being extremely hungry. It can also refer to the characteristic sound made by a male turkey. In a broader context, it can mean to use up or take a large portion of something rapidly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gobbleverb

   to swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp

2. Gobbleverb

   to utter (a sound) like a turkey cock

3. Gobbleverb

   to eat greedily

4. Gobbleverb

   to make a noise like that of a turkey cock

5. Gobblenoun

   a noise made in the throat

6. Etymology: [Freq. of 2d gob.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gobble

   gob′l, v.t. to swallow in lumps: to swallow hastily.—v.i. to make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.—n. (golf) 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.—n. Gobb′ler, a turkey-cock. [O. Fr. gober, to devour; Celt.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gobble

   1. To consume, usu.: used with ‘up’. “The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer.” 2. To obtain, usu.: used with ‘down’. “I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow.” See also snarf.

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gobble

   Gobble is an online marketplace for home-cooked food. Local chefs may build a personal online storefront, and offer their meals to nearby families and companies. Currently in alpha mode, Gobble processes over 500 orders a month in the Bay Area. Founded in 2010, Gobble is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GOBBLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gobble is ranked #15833 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gobble surname appeared 1,838 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gobble.
   
   96.3% or 1,770 total occurrences were White.
   1.6% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Utter

How to pronounce Gobble?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gobble in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gobble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Gobble in a Sentence

1. Douglas MacArthur:

   Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -­ kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor ­- with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

2. Clive Lewis:

   Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.

3. Socrates:

   The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

4. Douglas MacArthur:

   The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

5. Socrates:

   Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Gobble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gobble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Gobble
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gobble
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Gobble
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Gobble
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gobble
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html