[Slang]
Gobble
(Gob"ble), v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.
Gobble
(Gob"ble), n. A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
Mrs. Gore. Gobbler
(Gob"bler) n. A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
Gobelin
(Gob"e*lin) a. Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have
been maintained by the French Government since 1667.
Gobemouche
(||Gobe`mouche") n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a
boor; a silly and credulous person.
Gobet
(Gob"et) n. See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Go-between
(Go"-be*tween`) n. An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; — usually in a disparaging
sense. Shak.
Gobioid
(Go"bi*oid) a. [NL. Gobius + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.
— n. A gobioid fish.
Goblet
(Gob"let) n. [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub, cask. See Cupel.] A kind
of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned.
Denham. Goblin
(Gob"lin) n. [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf.
G. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.] An evil or mischievous spirit; a
playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied.
Milton.
Gobline
(Gob"line`) n. (Naut.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the
bowsprit; — called also gobrope and gaubline.
