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"sense": "eat quickly or greedily",
"word": "hork"
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"sense": "eat quickly or greedily",
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"sense": "eat quickly or greedily",
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "aşırmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pljuskam",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "плюскам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "nagǎvam",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "нагъвам"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "endrapar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "cruspir"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "habhab (Onomatopoeic)"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "opslokken"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "õgima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "ahmia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "hotkia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "ahmaista"
},
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"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "bouffer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "schlingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "verschlingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "hinunterschlingen"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "laphússō",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "λαφύσσω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "brúkhō",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "βρύχω"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "zalál",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
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"word": "זָלַל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "zabál"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "éta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "plac"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "alp"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "slog siar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "ingozzarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "ingurgitare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kurau",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "食らう"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "tuburcinor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "kaihoro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "hāupaupa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "karapetau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "horohororē"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "żreć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
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],
"word": "szamać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
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],
"word": "wszamać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "devorar"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "požiratʹ",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "пожирать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pogloščátʹ",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "поглоща́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
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"word": "engullir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "embuchar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "glufsa"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
"word": "atıştırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to eat hastily or greedily",
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"ref": "2009, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer",
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"ref": "1983, Liam O'Flaherty, The Assassin, page 53",
"text": "[…] wrinkling his forehead and moving his jaws and throat violently, as if he expected to choke with each gobble.",
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"(rare) An act of eating hastily or greedily."
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"A rapid straight putt so strongly played that, if the ball had not gone into the hole, it would have gone a long way past."
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"etymology_text": "Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.",
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"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 72",
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"ref": "1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature",
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"(transitive, intransitive) To make the sound of a turkey."
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"roman": "krjakam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "крякам"
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"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "hudrovat"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "kaakattaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "glousser"
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{
"_dis1": "21 79",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "glouglouter"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "kollern"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gloglottare"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "grugulejar"
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"roman": "kuldýkatʹ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
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"word": "кулды́кать"
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"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gulugulu yapmak"
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"code": "mi",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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{
"ref": "1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature",
"text": "He […] gobbles out a note of self-approbation.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make the sound of a turkey."
],
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"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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"turkey",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To make the sound of a turkey."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɒbl̩/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɑbl̩/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒbəl"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-us-gobble.ogg",
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krjakam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "крякам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "hudrovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "kaakattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "glousser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "glouglouter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "kollern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gloglottare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "grugulejar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kuldýkatʹ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кулды́кать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gluglú"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gulugulu yapmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hýkaty",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ги́кати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gộp gộp"
}
],
"word": "gobble"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English onomatopoeias",
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"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɒbəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɒbəl/2 syllables",
"en:Animal sounds"
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"etymology_templates": [],
"etymology_text": "Onomatopoetic of the sound of a turkey.",
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"form": "gobbles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "cluck"
},
{
"word": "gobbledegook"
}
],
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"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 86",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The sound of a turkey; or, a similar vocalisation of another bird."
],
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"turkey",
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],
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɒbl̩/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɑbl̩/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒbəl"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-us-gobble.ogg/En-us-gobble.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-us-gobble.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"word": "kaakatus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"word": "hurukkolás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"word": "gloglottio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"word": "glu-glu-glu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hýkannja",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ги́кання"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hýk",
"sense": "the sound of a turkey",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ги́к"
}
],
"word": "gobble"
}
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