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Gobble vs Jobble - What's the difference?

gobble | jobble |

As verbs the difference between gobble and jobble

is that gobble is to make the sound of a turkey while jobble is to wobble.

As a noun gobble

is the sound of a turkey.

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 .

    jobble

    English

    Verb

    (jobbl)
  • To wobble.
  • * 1852 , Hunt's Yachting Magazine (volume 1, page 347)
    • At Malta there was a race between little sailing-boats; one boy slung his ballast under the thwart of his boat; there was a slight tumble in the sea; the boat jobbled up and down, but forged away from all the rest and won the race.
  • * 2007 , Richard Hall, Long George Alley (page 20)
    • Miss Mamie Lee had a big belly that jobbled when she laughed.