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gobbier | gobbler |

As an adjective gobbier

is comparative of gobby.

As a noun gobbler is

a turkey.

gobbier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (gobby)

    • gobby

    English

    Etymology 1

    .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
  • * 1898 , Gleanings in bee culture, Volume 26?
    • But if, however, the bees make from it a "gobby" article of comb honey, no one will be quicker to drop it than the Root Co.
  • * 1942 , Frank Roy Fraprie, American photography
    • ...to have a gobby mess of unrelated and meaningless color hung in a metropolitan show...
  • * 1952 , David Harry Walker, The pillar
    • He poured the Argentine stew in a gobby mess on top of the Spam.

    Etymology 2

    . The meaning "inclined to talk" is probably related to (m).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (British, slang, said of a person) Inclined to talk in a loud and offensive manner.

    • Noun

    (gobbies)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of fellatio.
  • * 2004 , John Charalambous, Furies , , ISBN 0702234559, page 164 [http://google.com/books?id=-sUhyF_kJ9AC&pg=PA164&dq=gobby]:
    • In year eight, crouched in a playground cubby, she gave Ryan Glover a gobby . Brief, busy, urgent. Then afterwards, slipping it back into his pants, he said thank you.
  • * 2007 , Joe Lewis, The Insurmountable Malaise of Man , (self-published), ISBN 9781847992444, page 278 [http://google.com/books?id=myJ8WLBqDOcC&pg=PA278&dq=gobby]:
    • He bustles me into a cubicle and locks the door.
  • *:"I'm not really in the mood for a gobby ," I slur, and laugh girlishly at my joke as I unzip my fly, "but if you insist..."
  • * 2007 July 17, Gordon Lightfoot III <GordonLightfootIII@gmail.com>, "A Question for Darkfalz (colgate total)", message-ID <1184667039.997405.66870@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, aus.tv , Usenet [http://groups.google.com/group/aus.tv/msg/4b6941df25de4a28]:
    • Have you seen the Colgate Total ad with the female Indian dentist? Would you let her give you a gobby ? I would. She has a perdy mouth.
    Synonyms
    * (fellatio) (l)

    References

    * Dictionary.com: "adj, -bier, -biest, informal, loudmouthed and offensive" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "adj., late 19C+, talkative"

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "gobby")

    References

    * A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1886), by Robert Holland, page 9: "April gawby (W. Ches.), April gobby (Mid-Ches.), April gob (Macclesfield), s. an April fool" * The English Dialect Dictionary, vol. 1, A-C (1898), edited by Joseph Wright, published by Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, etc, page 66, keyword "April": "APRIL [...] ·gobby, ·gowk, ·noddy, various names for an April fool" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "n., late 19C-1920s, 1. a sailor, 2 a coastguardsman" * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2 edition, ISBN 0304366366: "n., 1920s, US, a socially unacceptable person"

    gobbler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A turkey.
  • # A male turkey; a tom; a stag; a jake.
  • One who eats food very quickly, without decorum.
    • My dog is such a gobbler : she can empty her food dish in less than a minute.