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Meaning of gobbling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

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

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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