gobblen.²

Brit.

/ˈɡɒbl/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gobble v.¹

Etymology: < gobble v.¹ Compare earlier gobbling n.¹

1. A mouthful of food, hurriedly and noisily swallowed; an act of gobbling. Also figurative. Cf. gobble v.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > an act of > hasty or greedy

gobbling1592

gobble1794

bolting1869

gollop1933

1794 J. Wolcot Pathetic Odes 43 Bolting his subjects with majestic gobble.

1827 Sporting Mag. Oct. 425/1 With a gobble at small fry in the ocean.

1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 176/1 Wonderfully voracious these creatures!.. Snap, gulp, and a gobble.

1895 H. James Theatricals 2nd Ser. Note p. xii ‘You can't feed a big stomach,’ he says to himself, ‘on a gobble between trains.’

1938 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 20 Jan. 4/2 Rushed through a gulp of coffee, a gobble of egg.

1969 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 20 Dec. 36/1 Wilder spoke..as if each speech were an eager gobble.

1986 ‘A. Cross’ No Word from Winifred ix. 124 She wrote these passionate tales of Athens, which the public ate up in great gobbles.

2005 Caterer & Hotelkeeper (Electronic ed.) 30 June 21 £11.50 for a gobble of salmon caviar. I want to eat it, not put it through school.

2. Golf. A forceful, rapid putt into the hole.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke

putta1754

like1790

drive1829

tee-shot1850

gobble1857

push shot1865

iron shot1870

push stroke1873

drive-off1884

slice1886

raker1888

foozle1890

hook1890

iron1890

top1890

sclaff1893

brassy shot1894

run1894

chip shot1899

chip1903

pull1903

skimmer1903

draw shot1904

brassy1906

pitch-and-run1908

windcheater1909

air shot1920

chip-in1921

explosion1924

downhiller1925

blast1927

driver1927

shank1927

socket1927

recovery1937

whiff1952

pinsplitter1961

comebacker1965

bump-and-run1981

1857 H. B. Farnie Golfer's Man. 62 On the other hand, when the golfer is a couple of strokes or more behind, his only chance lies in a bold put—a rapid gobble over level ground.

1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 241 The other may play, with a free hand, for a ‘gobble’.

1911 Times 25 July 14/3 To play consistently for a ‘gobble’ upon sun-burned greens..requires a courage that is quite superhuman.

2015 Wauchope Gaz. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 25 June 38 The only gobble for the day was Margaret Kundicevic on the 15th hole.

3. slang (chiefly British). An act of fellatio. Cf. gobble v.¹ 4.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > [noun] > fellatio > act of

gamahuche1865

cocksuck1940

suck1941

blow job1961

head job1963

gobble1965

gam1971

headfuck1974

1965 Fuck You Mar. 57 (title) A Gobble Poem snatched from the notebook of W. H. Auden and now believed to be in the Morgan Library.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 82 You like gobble, Johnny? I give you nice gobble? Two rupee.

1984 ‘Pickles’ Queens 180 Where we goin' to do it, then? I ain't doin' nuffin' funny, know wot I mean? You want a wrist job, or a bit of a gobble. Blow-jobs is more, see?!

2006 W. Self Bk. of Dave (2007) 216 She..gives me the occasional fucking gobble—which is more than you're ever bloody up for.

2014 B. Bodman Faraday's Eyes xv. 70 I assumed from the aimless, lacklustre performance that a gobble was..out of the question.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gobblev.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡɒbl/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑbəl/

Forms: 1500s– gobble, 1600s gobbel, 1600s–1700s goble.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gob n.¹, -le suffix 3.

Etymology: Probably < gob n.¹ + -le suffix 3. Perhaps also partly imitative of the noise of swallowing. Some semantic association with (etymologically unrelated) gobbet n. is also possible. Compare the etymological note at gob v.⁴ for slightly earlier use of gob in the same meaning.

1. transitive. To swallow hastily and noisily in large mouthfuls; to eat greedily. Also (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently with up, down; formerly also with †in. N.E.D. (1900) notes: ‘Not now in dignified use.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat hastily

snatch1519

gobble1583

goggle1611

bolt1794

snatch1803

snap-

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie 1228/2 To learne also to giue him thankes for his mainteining of vs in this mortall life; & not to be so grosse in gobbling vp [Fr. gourmander] his benefites.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xiv. 516 Birds being hungrie, haue greedily gobled vp [Fr. engloutty] seed and fruit whole and sound.

1611 T. Coryate (title) Coryats Crudities Hastily gobled vp in five Moneths trauells in France [etc.].

1699 E. Ward Walk to Islington 13 They tippled like Fishes, and prattled like Parrots, And Gobbled down Cakes, as a Sow would do Carrots.

1743 R. Blair Grave 34 And Thousands that each Hour thou gobblest up.

1791 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings in Wks. (1812) II. 393 How he gobbles down the broth and meal.

1845 T. Hood Fairy Tale ii A stray horse came, and gobbled up his bower.

1882 A. Clark in Med. Temp. Jrnl. No. 51. 132 I get home and gobble a hurried dinner.

1888 H. James in Harper's Mag. Feb. 344 The moment Mr. Pringle should propose to my daughter she would gobble him down.

1901 J. Dougall Angling Songs & Poems 2 It nibbles the flee, An' it gobbles the worm.

1954 J. S. Furnivall tr. T. Nu Burma Under Japanese iv. 65 Dr. Ba Maw would gobble up his food without speaking a word.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 15/1 One of the world's top competitive eaters has gobbled down 44 lobsters in 12 minutes.

2. transitive. figurative (originally U.S. slang). To acquire or appropriate rapaciously or in large amounts; to seize or grab hastily or eagerly; to snatch; to steal; also (now historical) to capture or arrest. Later also of a large business or organization: to incorporate or take over (a smaller one). Also with up.In quot. 1825: to pull on quickly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > in large quantities

gobble1825

scoop1850

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 144 He thought of poor Olive; sprang up—gobbled on the clothes..and set off.

1826 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Feb. in Mem., Corr., & Private Papers (1829) III. 447 Not to have it [sc. my own property] gobbled up by speculators to make fortunes for themselves.

1861 Chicago Evening Post July Nearly four hundred prisoners were gobbled up after the fight, and any quantity of ammunition and provisions.

1890 Overland Monthly May 541/1 The greasers will gobble your mules some night while you are eating supper.

1924 Muscle Shoals: Hearings before Comm. Agric. & Forestry U.S. Senate: Pt. I 1517 Henry Ford, capitalist, proposes to gobble this great project.

1955 M. Kantor Andersonville ix. 83 Sixty-odd men gobbled by the Rebs in less time than a heifer'd take to switch her tail.

1982 Chem. Week (Nexis) 17 Nov. 14 C-I-L..has been gobbling market share in the Midwest.

1996 N.Y. Mag. 8 Apr. 49/2 All the independent [record] labels..have been effectively gobbled up by the majors.

2015 Times 1 Aug. 5 It was the kind of chance he usually gobbles.

3. transitive. To use a large amount of (something, esp. fuel or another source of energy) very quickly, often with the implication of extravagance or wastefulness. Also (and in earliest use) with up.

ΚΠ

1901 Eng. Mechanic 17 May 295/3 The complaint of steam-cars gobbling up fuel only applies to those that burn petrol.., which is not so efficient as common paraffin.

1922 Sat. Evening Post 9 Sept. 127/1 (advt.) A big, sturdy, fast-moving, amply-powered transportation unit... It's husky—doesn't gobble gas—'twill sweep away distance when you have to catch the express.

1980 Pop. Mech. Nov. 151/2 They [sc. electronic devices] all gobble batteries, which, like any energy source nowadays, are no longer cheap.

1990 Micro Decision Feb. 25 (advt.) Have you ever suspected that two terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs were conflicting, but weren't quite sure? Or figured out what programs are actually gobbling up all your memory?

1994 Fighting Firearms Autumn 56/3 While long bursts gobble up more ammo and necessitate more frequent tactical reloads, the most serious implication is that long bursts slow down the acquisition of multiple targets.

2012 M. Cohen Doomsday Machine 217 Cars, of course, gobble energy.

4. transitive. slang. To perform fellatio or (less commonly) cunnilingus upon (a person). Also with genitals as object. Also with off. Also intransitive.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex [verb (intransitive)]

gamahuche1880

to go downc1895

Frenchc1928

gobble1928

suck1928

plate1961

to sit on a person's face1968

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] > cunnilingus

gam1910

gobble1928

cunnilingue1941

muff-dive1948

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] > fellatio

irrumate1887

gam1910

gobble1928

blow1933

fellate1948

cocksuck1954

to suck dicka1956

nosh1961

to polish someone's knob1963

1928 in N. Douglas Some Limericks 72 He tracked his man down To the heart of the town, And gobbled him off in the duomo.

1975 J. Wambaugh Choirboys ii. 14 He gobbles one beaver and gets promoted. I've ate close to three hundred bearded clams in my time and never even got a commendation!

1981 S. Berkoff Decadence How simply fab divine and rare to gobble the waiter with your husband lying there.

1999 K. Sampson Powder 61 He clutched her ears as she gobbled.

2006 W. Beall L.A. Rex (2007) 18 You catch some producer gobbling cock in a public shithouse out in West L.A., maybe you can talk him into the handcuffs.

Compounds

gobble-guts n. (also gobble-gut) colloquial a greedy person or (occasionally) animal, a glutton; cf. greedy-guts n.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton

glutton?c1225

glutc1394

globberc1400

glofferc1440

gluttoner1482

gourmanda1492

ravener1496

belly1526

golofer1529

lurcher1530

cormorant1531

flesh-fly1532

full-belly1536

belly-godc1540

flap-sauce1540

gourmander1542

gully-gut1542

locust1545

glosser1549

greedy-guts1550

hungry gut1552

belly-slave1562

fill-belly1563

grand paunch1569

belly-paunch1570

belly-swainc1571

trencher-slave1571

slapsauce1573

gorche1577

helluo1583

gormandizer1589

eat-all1598

engorger1598

guts1598

guller1604

gourmandist1607

barathrum1609

eatnell1611

snapsauce1611

Phaeacian?1614

gutling1617

overeater1621

polyphage1623

tenterbelly1628

gut-head1629

stiffgut1630

gobble-guts1632

gulist1632

polyphagian1658

fill-paunch1659

gype1662

gulchin1671

stretch-gut1673

gastrolater1694

gundy-gut1699

guttler1732

gobbler1755

trencher-hero1792

gorger1817

polyphagist1819

battenera1849

stuff-guts1875

chowhound1917

gannet1929

Billy Bunter1939

guzzle-guts1959

garbage can1963

foodaholic1965

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. sig. Qij/2, in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A goble-gut, gobequinaut, goulard.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) A proper old gobble guts her is; her dont come vore up eight o'clock, and then her must have breakfast avore her begins, and vore 'leb'm o'clock her's callin out vor her vore-noons.

1995 Carillon (Steinbach, Manitoba) 7 June 10A/1 The squirrel..gets on the feeder tray and is a gobble-gut until hubby sees it.

2015 Port Douglas & Mossman Gaz. (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 23 There's got to be something that pulls up this gobble-guts mid chew.

† gobble stitch n. colloquial Obsolete stitching, or a stitch, made too long through haste or carelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > other

accrue1725

gobble stitch1788

seam-stitch1825

marking stitch1861

dot1882

seam1882

basket-darning1884

basting1885

bridle1885

padding stitch1913

stab-stitch1917

tuck-stitch1926

prick stitch1928

fishbone-stitch1932

pad stitch1964

1788 A. Bramston Let. in D. Le Faye J. Austen (2002) i. 112 I..did the Flowers in Goble Stitch or to use a more Genteel word Coventry Stitch.

1839 T. Hood Blow-up in Hood's Own 186 Miss M. the milliner—her fright so strong—Made a great gobble-stitch, six inches long.

1886 Lady Alford Needlework as Art xi. 392 The stitches..had given place to a coarse uniform stem stitch—‘gobble stitch.’

1913 J. Barlow Doings & Dealings 14 ‘Saints above!’ she exclaimed, looking closely at his sleeve, ‘them's the quare gobble-stitches you're after sewing it on with.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gobblev.²

Brit.

/ˈɡɒbl/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑbəl/

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the gurgling sound made by a turkey, probably influenced by gobble v.¹ Compare later gobble int.Compare also the imitative ad hoc formation goblobling (1784; compare -ing suffix¹).

intransitive. Of a male turkey: to make its characteristic gurgling sound in the throat. Also in extended use. Also transitive: to utter with a gobble; also with out.The transitivity of quot. 1862 is unclear, as over could be regarded as either an adverb or a preposition.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [verb (intransitive)] > gobble (of turkey)

gobble1680

jollop1688

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 345 When they speak they gobble like Turkie Cocks.

1709 M. Prior Ladle in Poems 74 Fat Turkeys gobbling at the Door.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 181 He..struts about the yard, and gobbles out a note of self-approbation.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 365 Regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm yard.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. ix. 210 The turkeys that gobbled over the scandal of the poultry-yard.

1892 R. Kipling in Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 3/1 A tiny geyser gobbled.

1912 Bk. Nature & Outdoor Life (After School Club Amer.) II. 356 ‘What a noise you little birds do make, to be sure,’ gobbled the Turkey.

1932 H. Nicholson Public Faces (1944) x. 171 He bowed awkwardly, gobbling above his bowler.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 July M13 Here..in the spring tom turkeys sometimes gobble.

2006 B. Lovett Hunting Pressured Turkeys 118 The more you make a turkey gobble, the better the odds he'll attract a real hen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gobbleint.n.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡɒbl/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑb(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s goble, 1700s– gobble.

Origin: Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the gurgling sound made by a turkey, perhaps influenced by gobble v.¹ Compare earlier gobble v.² With use as noun compare earlier gobbling n.²

A. int.

Representing the characteristic gurgling sound made by a male turkey in its throat. Frequently reduplicated.

ΚΠ

1707 T. D'Urfey in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) III. 239 There I feed our Turkey-Cock,..cou, cou, goble, goble, goble.

1835 in E. Willard & A. L. Phelps tr. A.-A. Necker de Saussure Progressive Educ. App. 344 The cock-turkey..came strutting up towards him, rustling his feathers with great force, and crying, gobble, gobble.

1876 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 10 Aug. Gobble, gobble, gobble, says the old turkey.

1913 Kindergarten Primary Mag. Nov. 69/2 It spread its wings and tail and said gobble several times.

2014 V. G. Bowman Chance to Escape xiii. 107 Just then, they heard, ‘Gobble, gobble, gobble.’.. As they reached the clearing, they spotted a tom turkey strutting before his harem of hens.

B. n.¹

The characteristic gurgling sound made by a male turkey in its throat. Also reduplicated.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > sound

gobbling1737

gobble1781

1781 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 69 On being interrupted they fly into great rages, and change their notes into a loud and guttural gobble.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. xvii. 305 The poultry, who would now and then raise a gobble.

1882 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 629/2 Hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock.

1913 Outdoor World & Recreation Dec. 338/2 The gobble of the male turkey is his love call.

1965 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 11 Oct. 4/4 Many heard a gobble-gobble, looked up and shot a turkey out of a tree.

2001 G. Clancy Turkey Hunting Tactics 90 Some experts believe it is always best to try to elicit a gobble with a non-turkey call first.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.²1794

v.¹1583

v.²1680

int.n.¹1707

单词	gobble
释义	gobblen.² Brit. /ˈɡɒbl/, U.S. /ˈɡɑbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gobble v.¹ Etymology: < gobble v.¹ Compare earlier gobbling n.¹ 1. A mouthful of food, hurriedly and noisily swallowed; an act of gobbling. Also figurative. Cf. gobble v.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > an act of > hasty or greedy gobbling1592 gobble1794 bolting1869 gollop1933 1794 J. Wolcot Pathetic Odes 43 Bolting his subjects with majestic gobble. 1827 Sporting Mag. Oct. 425/1 With a gobble at small fry in the ocean. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 176/1 Wonderfully voracious these creatures!.. Snap, gulp, and a gobble. 1895 H. James Theatricals 2nd Ser. Note p. xii ‘You can't feed a big stomach,’ he says to himself, ‘on a gobble between trains.’ 1938 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 20 Jan. 4/2 Rushed through a gulp of coffee, a gobble of egg. 1969 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 20 Dec. 36/1 Wilder spoke..as if each speech were an eager gobble. 1986 ‘A. Cross’ No Word from Winifred ix. 124 She wrote these passionate tales of Athens, which the public ate up in great gobbles. 2005 Caterer & Hotelkeeper (Electronic ed.) 30 June 21 £11.50 for a gobble of salmon caviar. I want to eat it, not put it through school. 2. Golf. A forceful, rapid putt into the hole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1857 H. B. Farnie Golfer's Man. 62 On the other hand, when the golfer is a couple of strokes or more behind, his only chance lies in a bold put—a rapid gobble over level ground. 1890 H. G. Hutchinson in H. G. Hutchinson et al. Golf (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 241 The other may play, with a free hand, for a ‘gobble’. 1911 Times 25 July 14/3 To play consistently for a ‘gobble’ upon sun-burned greens..requires a courage that is quite superhuman. 2015 Wauchope Gaz. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 25 June 38 The only gobble for the day was Margaret Kundicevic on the 15th hole. 3. slang (chiefly British). An act of fellatio. Cf. gobble v.¹ 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > [noun] > fellatio > act of gamahuche1865 cocksuck1940 suck1941 blow job1961 head job1963 gobble1965 gam1971 headfuck1974 1965 Fuck You Mar. 57 (title) A Gobble Poem snatched from the notebook of W. H. Auden and now believed to be in the Morgan Library. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 82 You like gobble, Johnny? I give you nice gobble? Two rupee. 1984 ‘Pickles’ Queens 180 Where we goin' to do it, then? I ain't doin' nuffin' funny, know wot I mean? You want a wrist job, or a bit of a gobble. Blow-jobs is more, see?! 2006 W. Self Bk. of Dave (2007) 216 She..gives me the occasional fucking gobble—which is more than you're ever bloody up for. 2014 B. Bodman Faraday's Eyes xv. 70 I assumed from the aimless, lacklustre performance that a gobble was..out of the question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobblev.¹ Brit. /ˈɡɒbl/, U.S. /ˈɡɑbəl/ Forms: 1500s– gobble, 1600s gobbel, 1600s–1700s goble. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gob n.¹, -le suffix 3. Etymology: Probably < gob n.¹ + -le suffix 3. Perhaps also partly imitative of the noise of swallowing. Some semantic association with (etymologically unrelated) gobbet n. is also possible. Compare the etymological note at gob v.⁴ for slightly earlier use of gob in the same meaning. 1. transitive. To swallow hastily and noisily in large mouthfuls; to eat greedily. Also (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts. Frequently with up, down; formerly also with †in. N.E.D. (1900) notes: ‘Not now in dignified use.’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat hastily snatch1519 gobble1583 goggle1611 bolt1794 snatch1803 snap- 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie 1228/2 To learne also to giue him thankes for his mainteining of vs in this mortall life; & not to be so grosse in gobbling vp [Fr. gourmander] his benefites. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xiv. 516 Birds being hungrie, haue greedily gobled vp [Fr. engloutty] seed and fruit whole and sound. 1611 T. Coryate (title) Coryats Crudities Hastily gobled vp in five Moneths trauells in France [etc.]. 1699 E. Ward Walk to Islington 13 They tippled like Fishes, and prattled like Parrots, And Gobbled down Cakes, as a Sow would do Carrots. 1743 R. Blair Grave 34 And Thousands that each Hour thou gobblest up. 1791 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings in Wks. (1812) II. 393 How he gobbles down the broth and meal. 1845 T. Hood Fairy Tale ii A stray horse came, and gobbled up his bower. 1882 A. Clark in Med. Temp. Jrnl. No. 51. 132 I get home and gobble a hurried dinner. 1888 H. James in Harper's Mag. Feb. 344 The moment Mr. Pringle should propose to my daughter she would gobble him down. 1901 J. Dougall Angling Songs & Poems 2 It nibbles the flee, An' it gobbles the worm. 1954 J. S. Furnivall tr. T. Nu Burma Under Japanese iv. 65 Dr. Ba Maw would gobble up his food without speaking a word. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 15/1 One of the world's top competitive eaters has gobbled down 44 lobsters in 12 minutes. 2. transitive. figurative (originally U.S. slang). To acquire or appropriate rapaciously or in large amounts; to seize or grab hastily or eagerly; to snatch; to steal; also (now historical) to capture or arrest. Later also of a large business or organization: to incorporate or take over (a smaller one). Also with up.In quot. 1825: to pull on quickly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > in large quantities gobble1825 scoop1850 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 144 He thought of poor Olive; sprang up—gobbled on the clothes..and set off. 1826 T. Jefferson Let. 17 Feb. in Mem., Corr., & Private Papers (1829) III. 447 Not to have it [sc. my own property] gobbled up by speculators to make fortunes for themselves. 1861 Chicago Evening Post July Nearly four hundred prisoners were gobbled up after the fight, and any quantity of ammunition and provisions. 1890 Overland Monthly May 541/1 The greasers will gobble your mules some night while you are eating supper. 1924 Muscle Shoals: Hearings before Comm. Agric. & Forestry U.S. Senate: Pt. I 1517 Henry Ford, capitalist, proposes to gobble this great project. 1955 M. Kantor Andersonville ix. 83 Sixty-odd men gobbled by the Rebs in less time than a heifer'd take to switch her tail. 1982 Chem. Week (Nexis) 17 Nov. 14 C-I-L..has been gobbling market share in the Midwest. 1996 N.Y. Mag. 8 Apr. 49/2 All the independent [record] labels..have been effectively gobbled up by the majors. 2015 Times 1 Aug. 5 It was the kind of chance he usually gobbles. 3. transitive. To use a large amount of (something, esp. fuel or another source of energy) very quickly, often with the implication of extravagance or wastefulness. Also (and in earliest use) with up. ΚΠ 1901 Eng. Mechanic 17 May 295/3 The complaint of steam-cars gobbling up fuel only applies to those that burn petrol.., which is not so efficient as common paraffin. 1922 Sat. Evening Post 9 Sept. 127/1 (advt.) A big, sturdy, fast-moving, amply-powered transportation unit... It's husky—doesn't gobble gas—'twill sweep away distance when you have to catch the express. 1980 Pop. Mech. Nov. 151/2 They [sc. electronic devices] all gobble batteries, which, like any energy source nowadays, are no longer cheap. 1990 Micro Decision Feb. 25 (advt.) Have you ever suspected that two terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs were conflicting, but weren't quite sure? Or figured out what programs are actually gobbling up all your memory? 1994 Fighting Firearms Autumn 56/3 While long bursts gobble up more ammo and necessitate more frequent tactical reloads, the most serious implication is that long bursts slow down the acquisition of multiple targets. 2012 M. Cohen Doomsday Machine 217 Cars, of course, gobble energy. 4. transitive. slang. To perform fellatio or (less commonly) cunnilingus upon (a person). Also with genitals as object. Also with off. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex [verb (intransitive)] gamahuche1880 to go downc1895 Frenchc1928 gobble1928 suck1928 plate1961 to sit on a person's face1968 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] > cunnilingus gam1910 gobble1928 cunnilingue1941 muff-dive1948 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] > fellatio irrumate1887 gam1910 gobble1928 blow1933 fellate1948 cocksuck1954 to suck dicka1956 nosh1961 to polish someone's knob1963 1928 in N. Douglas Some Limericks 72 He tracked his man down To the heart of the town, And gobbled him off in the duomo. 1975 J. Wambaugh Choirboys ii. 14 He gobbles one beaver and gets promoted. I've ate close to three hundred bearded clams in my time and never even got a commendation! 1981 S. Berkoff Decadence How simply fab divine and rare to gobble the waiter with your husband lying there. 1999 K. Sampson Powder 61 He clutched her ears as she gobbled. 2006 W. Beall L.A. Rex (2007) 18 You catch some producer gobbling cock in a public shithouse out in West L.A., maybe you can talk him into the handcuffs. Compounds gobble-guts n. (also gobble-gut) colloquial a greedy person or (occasionally) animal, a glutton; cf. greedy-guts n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton glutton?c1225 glutc1394 globberc1400 glofferc1440 gluttoner1482 gourmanda1492 ravener1496 belly1526 golofer1529 lurcher1530 cormorant1531 flesh-fly1532 full-belly1536 belly-godc1540 flap-sauce1540 gourmander1542 gully-gut1542 locust1545 glosser1549 greedy-guts1550 hungry gut1552 belly-slave1562 fill-belly1563 grand paunch1569 belly-paunch1570 belly-swainc1571 trencher-slave1571 slapsauce1573 gorche1577 helluo1583 gormandizer1589 eat-all1598 engorger1598 guts1598 guller1604 gourmandist1607 barathrum1609 eatnell1611 snapsauce1611 Phaeacian?1614 gutling1617 overeater1621 polyphage1623 tenterbelly1628 gut-head1629 stiffgut1630 gobble-guts1632 gulist1632 polyphagian1658 fill-paunch1659 gype1662 gulchin1671 stretch-gut1673 gastrolater1694 gundy-gut1699 guttler1732 gobbler1755 trencher-hero1792 gorger1817 polyphagist1819 battenera1849 stuff-guts1875 chowhound1917 gannet1929 Billy Bunter1939 guzzle-guts1959 garbage can1963 foodaholic1965 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. sig. Qij/2, in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A goble-gut, gobequinaut, goulard. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) A proper old gobble guts her is; her dont come vore up eight o'clock, and then her must have breakfast avore her begins, and vore 'leb'm o'clock her's callin out vor her vore-noons. 1995 Carillon (Steinbach, Manitoba) 7 June 10A/1 The squirrel..gets on the feeder tray and is a gobble-gut until hubby sees it. 2015 Port Douglas & Mossman Gaz. (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 23 There's got to be something that pulls up this gobble-guts mid chew. † gobble stitch n. colloquial Obsolete stitching, or a stitch, made too long through haste or carelessness. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > other accrue1725 gobble stitch1788 seam-stitch1825 marking stitch1861 dot1882 seam1882 basket-darning1884 basting1885 bridle1885 padding stitch1913 stab-stitch1917 tuck-stitch1926 prick stitch1928 fishbone-stitch1932 pad stitch1964 1788 A. Bramston Let. in D. Le Faye J. Austen (2002) i. 112 I..did the Flowers in Goble Stitch or to use a more Genteel word Coventry Stitch. 1839 T. Hood Blow-up in Hood's Own 186 Miss M. the milliner—her fright so strong—Made a great gobble-stitch, six inches long. 1886 Lady Alford Needlework as Art xi. 392 The stitches..had given place to a coarse uniform stem stitch—‘gobble stitch.’ 1913 J. Barlow Doings & Dealings 14 ‘Saints above!’ she exclaimed, looking closely at his sleeve, ‘them's the quare gobble-stitches you're after sewing it on with.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobblev.² Brit. /ˈɡɒbl/, U.S. /ˈɡɑbəl/ Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the gurgling sound made by a turkey, probably influenced by gobble v.¹ Compare later gobble int.Compare also the imitative ad hoc formation goblobling (1784; compare -ing suffix¹). intransitive. Of a male turkey: to make its characteristic gurgling sound in the throat. Also in extended use. Also transitive: to utter with a gobble; also with out.The transitivity of quot. 1862 is unclear, as over could be regarded as either an adverb or a preposition. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [verb (intransitive)] > gobble (of turkey) gobble1680 jollop1688 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 345 When they speak they gobble like Turkie Cocks. 1709 M. Prior Ladle in Poems 74 Fat Turkeys gobbling at the Door. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 181 He..struts about the yard, and gobbles out a note of self-approbation. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 365 Regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm yard. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. ix. 210 The turkeys that gobbled over the scandal of the poultry-yard. 1892 R. Kipling in Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 3/1 A tiny geyser gobbled. 1912 Bk. Nature & Outdoor Life (After School Club Amer.) II. 356 ‘What a noise you little birds do make, to be sure,’ gobbled the Turkey. 1932 H. Nicholson Public Faces (1944) x. 171 He bowed awkwardly, gobbling above his bowler. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 July M13 Here..in the spring tom turkeys sometimes gobble. 2006 B. Lovett Hunting Pressured Turkeys 118 The more you make a turkey gobble, the better the odds he'll attract a real hen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobbleint.n.¹ Brit. /ˈɡɒbl/, U.S. /ˈɡɑb(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s goble, 1700s– gobble. Origin: Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the gurgling sound made by a turkey, perhaps influenced by gobble v.¹ Compare earlier gobble v.² With use as noun compare earlier gobbling n.² A. int. Representing the characteristic gurgling sound made by a male turkey in its throat. Frequently reduplicated. ΚΠ 1707 T. D'Urfey in H. Playford Wit & Mirth (new ed.) III. 239 There I feed our Turkey-Cock,..cou, cou, goble, goble, goble. 1835 in E. Willard & A. L. Phelps tr. A.-A. Necker de Saussure Progressive Educ. App. 344 The cock-turkey..came strutting up towards him, rustling his feathers with great force, and crying, gobble, gobble. 1876 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 10 Aug. Gobble, gobble, gobble, says the old turkey. 1913 Kindergarten Primary Mag. Nov. 69/2 It spread its wings and tail and said gobble several times. 2014 V. G. Bowman Chance to Escape xiii. 107 Just then, they heard, ‘Gobble, gobble, gobble.’.. As they reached the clearing, they spotted a tom turkey strutting before his harem of hens. B. n.¹ The characteristic gurgling sound made by a male turkey in its throat. Also reduplicated. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > sound gobbling1737 gobble1781 1781 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 69 On being interrupted they fly into great rages, and change their notes into a loud and guttural gobble. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. xvii. 305 The poultry, who would now and then raise a gobble. 1882 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 629/2 Hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock. 1913 Outdoor World & Recreation Dec. 338/2 The gobble of the male turkey is his love call. 1965 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 11 Oct. 4/4 Many heard a gobble-gobble, looked up and shot a turkey out of a tree. 2001 G. Clancy Turkey Hunting Tactics 90 Some experts believe it is always best to try to elicit a gobble with a non-turkey call first. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1794v.¹1583v.²1680int.n.¹1707
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