Meaning of gobbling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of eating greedily and noisily.
2. The sound of a turkey vocalising.

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Examples

“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 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.”

“The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set⟳ up their gobbling and flapping.”

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