gobble

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒbl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈɡɑbl̩/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒbəl
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• CMU ARPABET: G AA1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kaakatus — the sound of a turkey
• Hungarian: hurukkolás — the sound of a turkey
• Italian: gloglottio — the sound of a turkey
• Polish: gulgot — the sound of a turkey
• Romanian: glu-glu-glu — the sound of a turkey
• Ukrainian: ги́кання (hýkannja) — the sound of a turkey
• Ukrainian: ги́к (hýk) — the sound of a turkey
• Azerbaijani: aşırmaq — to eat hastily or greedily
• Bulgarian: плюскам (pljuskam) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Bulgarian: нагъвам (nagǎvam) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Catalan: endrapar — to eat hastily or greedily
• Catalan: cruspir — to eat hastily or greedily
• Cebuano: habhab (Onomatopoeic) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Dutch: opslokken — to eat hastily or greedily
• Estonian: õgima — to eat hastily or greedily
• Finnish: ahmia — to eat hastily or greedily
• Finnish: hotkia — to eat hastily or greedily
• Finnish: ahmaista — to eat hastily or greedily
• French: bouffer — to eat hastily or greedily
• German: schlingen — to eat hastily or greedily
• German: verschlingen — to eat hastily or greedily
• German: hinunterschlingen — to eat hastily or greedily
• Ancient Greek: λαφύσσω (laphússō) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Ancient Greek: βρύχω (brúkhō) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Hebrew: זָלַל (zalál) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Hindi: हड़पना (haṛapnā) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Hungarian: zabál — to eat hastily or greedily
• Icelandic: éta — to eat hastily or greedily
• Irish: plac — to eat hastily or greedily
• Irish: alp — to eat hastily or greedily
• Irish: slog siar — to eat hastily or greedily
• Italian: ingozzarsi — to eat hastily or greedily
• Italian: ingurgitare — to eat hastily or greedily
• Japanese: 食らう (kurau) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Latin: tuburcinor — to eat hastily or greedily
• Māori: kaihoro — to eat hastily or greedily
• Māori: hāupaupa — to eat hastily or greedily
• Māori: karapetau — to eat hastily or greedily
• Māori: horohororē — to eat hastily or greedily
• Navajo: yimal — to eat hastily or greedily
• Polish: pałaszować — to eat hastily or greedily
• Polish: spałaszować — to eat hastily or greedily
• Polish: szamać — to eat hastily or greedily
• Polish: wszamać — to eat hastily or greedily
• Portuguese: devorar — to eat hastily or greedily
• Russian: пожирать (požiratʹ) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Russian: поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Swedish: glufsa — to eat hastily or greedily
• Turkish: atıştırmak — to eat hastily or greedily
• Turkish: tıkınmak — to eat hastily or greedily
• Ukrainian: же́рти (žérty) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Ukrainian: зжира́ти (zžyráty) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Ukrainian: зже́рти (zžérty) — to eat hastily or greedily
• Bulgarian: крякам (krjakam) — to make the sound of a turkey
• Czech: hudrovat — to make the sound of a turkey
• Finnish: kaakattaa — to make the sound of a turkey
• French: glousser — to make the sound of a turkey
• French: glouglouter — to make the sound of a turkey
• German: kollern — to make the sound of a turkey
• Italian: gloglottare — to make the sound of a turkey
• Polish: gulgotać — to make the sound of a turkey
• Polish: zagulgotać — to make the sound of a turkey
• Portuguese: grugulejar — to make the sound of a turkey
• Russian: кулды́кать (kuldýkatʹ) — to make the sound of a turkey
• Spanish: gluglú — to make the sound of a turkey
• Turkish: gulugulu yapmak — to make the sound of a turkey
• Ukrainian: ги́кати (hýkaty) — to make the sound of a turkey
• Vietnamese: gộp gộp — to make the sound of a turkey