gobble

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

1. The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird.

   “But while the hen continued her cackle he finished his first play, and had commenced the gobble of his second, when a twig cracked beneath my feet.”

verb

Etymology: Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.

1. Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.

   “Not before this performance is over does he [a male capercaillie] settle down to play, and commence gobbling and snapping his beak.”

2. To make the sound of a turkey.

   “He […] gobbles out a note of self-approbation.”