Etymology

gobble

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Today it means: To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up) Full definition →

Middle English gobben
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gobble · verb, noun1

  1. Middle English · derived fromgobben“to drink or swallow greedily”
  2. English todaygobble

From Middle English gobben (“to drink or swallow greedily”), of uncertain origin + -le (frequentative suffix). Middle English gobben is perhaps an alteration of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to English gulpen (“to gulp”). However, compare also French gober.

gobble · verb, noun2

Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

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