Meow vs Gobble - What's the difference?
meow | gobble |
The cry of a cat.
Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
To make the sound of a turkey.
* Goldsmith
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff. Often used with up
* Jonathan Swift
The sound of a turkey.
(Scotland, slang, vulgar) fellatio; blowjob
* 2009 , Mandasue Heller, The Charmer
As nouns the difference between meow and gobble
is that meow is the cry of a cat while gobble is the sound of a turkey.As verbs the difference between meow and gobble
is that meow is of a cat, to make its cry while gobble is to make the sound of a turkey.As an interjection meow
is the cry of a cat.meow
English
Alternative forms
* meu * mew * miaow, miaou (UK)Interjection
(en interjection)Synonyms
* nyaoDerived terms
* cat’s meow * meowySynonyms
* mewgobble
English
Verb
(gobbl)- He gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
- He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
- supper gobbled up in haste
Synonyms
* (eat quickly or greedily) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* gobbler * gobble off * gobblySee also
* cluck * gobbledegookNoun
(en noun)- Nowadays, he was lucky if his mam's auld drinking cronies gave him a gobble .