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Gobble vs Ribbit - What's the difference?

gobble | ribbit |

As verbs the difference between gobble and ribbit

is that gobble is to make the sound of a turkey while ribbit is to make the sound of a frog or toad.

As nouns the difference between gobble and ribbit

is that gobble is the sound of a turkey while ribbit is the sound made by a frog or toad.

As an interjection ribbit is

the sound made by a frog or toad.

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 .

    ribbit

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound made by a frog or toad.
    • The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit !"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by a frog or toad.

    • Verb

  • To make the sound of a frog or toad.

    • References

    * Songs of the Frog