gobbler

1
[ gob-ler ]

noun
  1. a male turkey.

Origin of gobbler

1
First recorded in 1730–40; gobble2 + -er1

Other definitions for gobbler (2 of 2)

gobbler2
[ gob-ler ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that gobbles or consumes voraciously or quickly: a gobbler of science fiction.

Origin of gobbler

2
First recorded in 1745–55; gobble1 + -er1

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How to use gobbler in a sentence

  • Looking directly before me, I saw seven noble gobblers stepping cautiously toward my stand.

  • For instance, I would like to know just now whether turkey gobblers ever suffer from speaker's sore throat.

  • It would cheer me considerably to learn that gobblers occasionally suffer from aphonia or speechlessness.

  • Some of them were very large, and I did not like them, for the gobblers ran at me, and made a dreadful noise in their throats.

    Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saunders
  • For the turkey hen and young we built another penn, near to that where we had imprisoned the three ‘old gobblers.’

    The Desert Home | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for gobbler

gobbler

/ (ˈɡɒblə) /


noun
  1. informal a male turkey

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