gobbling
English edit
Noun edit
gobbling (plural gobblings)
- The act of eating greedily and noisily.
- 1994, Gail Turley Houston, Consuming Fictions:
- Likewise, when Nell's grandfather badgers Nell to say publicly that she knows he loves her, Kit grotesquely announces his affirmation of their filial bond of affection in between gluttonous gobblings […]
- The sound of a turkey.
- 1837, The Western Messenger:
- The imitations of the gobblings and other sounds of wild turkeys, often brought this keen-eyed and ever watchful tenant of the forest within reach of the rifle.
Verb edit
gobbling
- present participle and gerund of gobble