单词 | gobbling |
释义 | gobblingn.1 The action of gobble v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Frequently (and in earliest use) in gobbling up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > swallowing > an act of > hasty or greedy gobbling1592 gobble1794 bolting1869 gollop1933 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 29v To the vnmercifull deuouring and sodaine gobbling vp [It. ingluvie] of so filthie a monster. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A gobling, goulardise. a1678 A. Marvell Britannia & Raleigh in State Poems (1689) 9 When all the Gobling Interest of Mankind, By Hirelings sold to you, shall be resign'd. 1775 T. Bridges Dutchman i. ii. 9 It takes a full year to teach an Alderman to handle his Knife and Fork with Grace, especially if they have imbibed that gobbling Habit which they get when they was Church-wardens. 1828 Leicester Chron. 5 Dec. A regular periodical..gobbling of tripe. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 4/2 Christmas..was all guzzling and gobbling. 1929 Salt Lake Tribune 16 June 5/3 He saw all his broken promises, all his greedy gobblings. 1955 H. Ferns & B. Ostry Age M. King v. 138 The rapid gobbling up of small businesses by the great corporations. 2002 D. Kavanagh Lett. to U.S. President 71 ‘Great gobblings!,’ he gasped. It took me a second to realise he was referring to the oral exploits of our new friend. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 16 June 5/3 The undignified gobbling of a chewy, charred corn on the cob. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobblingn.2 The action of gobble v.2; the uttering of a gobble. Also: an instance of this, a gobble. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > other types of sound jug1523 gabbling1599 bumping1646 gobbling1737 come-back1872 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > sound gobbling1737 gobble1781 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 309 The Gobling of Turkey Cocks. 1763 D. Garrick Let. Apr. (1963) III. 1268 Shall the sweet Musick of Hackney Coaches..be exchang'd for the chirping of Birds, the cackling of Hens, the gobbling of Turkeys? 1831 M. M. Sherwood Roxobel I. x. 227 We..were saluted with the bayings of multitudes of dogs,..accompanied with the gobblings of as many turkeys. 1891 M. Chamberlain Pop. Handbk. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada II. 17 The sexes roost apart, but in the same vicinity, and at the yelp of the female the gobbling becomes reiterated and extravagant. 1916 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 28 Nov. 28/1 The gobbling season—among turkeys, of course—opens and ends with spring. 1947 O. Eisenschiml & R. Newman Amer. Iliad ii. 39 There were cat voices, turkey gobblings and cock crowings. 2003 J. J. Woods in B. Lovett Turkey Hunters ii. iii. 96/2 From 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., the bird gobbled every five minutes. His gobbling intrigued me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobblingadj. That gobbles or makes a sound like a turkey; (also) designating such a sound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [adjective] > of sound made by turkey gobbling1749 guggling1837 1749 R. Rolt Cambria ii. 35 The gobbling turkey reddens as he struts. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 180 The turkey cock..with his peculiar gobbling sound, flies to attack it. 1814 J. Bingley Animated Nature 172 He..struts about the yard, and makes his gobbling noise of self-congratulation. 1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. ii. iii. 181 The ‘palace confectioner’..keeps the noisy gobbling birds..more for pleasure than profit. 1926 G. K. Chesterton Incredulity Fr. Brown i. 22 ‘We might have known,’ cried Mendoza in a thick gobbling voice. 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) iii. lxi. 356 The primitive device [sc. a Turkish water-pipe] made gobbling sounds which pleased her immensely. 2013 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Jan. 14 A chorus of gobbling turkeys, hand-reared by themselves in their back yards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11592n.21737adj.1749 |
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