gobbler

1. 1.

   a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls

   Broadereater
2. 2.

   male turkey

   Synonymsturkey cocktomtom turkey

   Broaderturkey

Other forms of gobbler

plural

gobblers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gobbler

What does gobbler mean?

gobbler means "a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gobbler?

gobbler has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈɡɑbəlɚ/.

What is another word for gobbler?

Close synonyms include turkey cock, tom, tom turkey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gobbler a common word?

gobbler is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.