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gobble | con- |

As a verb gobble

is to make the sound of a turkey.

As a noun gobble

is the sound of a turkey.

As a prefix con- is

used with certain words to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint.

gobble

English

Verb

(gobbl)
  • To make the sound of a turkey.
  • * Goldsmith
    • He gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
  • To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with up
    • He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • supper gobbled up in haste

    Synonyms

    * (eat quickly or greedily) (l), (l), (l)

    Derived terms

    * gobbler * gobble off * gobbly

    See also

    * cluck * gobbledegook

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound of a turkey.
  • (Scotland, slang, vulgar) fellatio; blowjob
  • * 2009 , Mandasue Heller, The Charmer
    • Nowadays, he was lucky if his mam's auld drinking cronies gave him a gobble .

    con-

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) prefix .

    Prefix

    (en prefix)
  • (non-productive) used with certain words to add a notion similar to those conveyed by with, together, or joint
    • con'''genial, '''con'''gregation, '''con'''sole, '''con'''sonant, '''con'''struct, '''con verge, etc.
  • (non-productive) used with certain words to intensify their meaning
    • con firm
    Usage notes
    (term) becomes : (col-) before l : (collaborate); : (com-) before b'', ''m'', and ''p : (combat), (commit), (compel); : (cor-) before r : (correlation); It can also appear as (co-): (coexistence), (cosine).

    Etymology 2

    , short for "constructed language".

    Prefix

    (en prefix)
  • attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
  • # constructed, artificial
  • # hypothetical, fictional
  • # related to conlangs, conworlds, etc.
    • Derived terms
    * conculture * conlang, conlanger, conlanging, conlangistan * conperson, conpeople * conreligion * conscript, con-script * consociety * consubstantial * conworld English intensifiers English unproductive prefixes ----