gobbler
pronunciation
How to pronounce gobbler in British English:
UK ['gɒblə]
How to pronounce gobbler in American English:
US ['gɒblə]
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- Noun:
- a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls
- male turkey
Word Origin
- gobbler (n.)
- 1737, "turkey-cock," agent noun from gobble (v.2). As "one who eats greedily" 1755, from gobble (v.1).
Example
- 1. That must mean we 're at gobbler 's knob waiting for the forecast .
- 2. Now , swell up like a gobbler and tell me that he is worth a thousand blackguards like me and that I should n 't dare to be so presumptuous as to feel either pity or contempt for him .