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gobbler

gobbler

7 9.9
A male turkey often with bright feathers
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑːblər/
  • US
translation icon : pavo macho
  • During the spring season, many gobblers can be seen displaying for female turkeys.
  • hens and gobblers
  • spring gobblers
  • turkey gobbler

Examples

  • In the early morning, the sound of a gobbler can often be heard echoing through the woods.

  • It's about time I showed my daughter a gobbler, and I heard one up above the house early this morning.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The gobbler spread his purple, yellow, blue, and black tail feathers threateningly.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • This year I'm going to brine those gobblers before cooking them the same way I did last year.

    Blog text (28)

  • Kindergartners in Alyssa Morlock's class offer some "sage" advice on roasting a gobbler.

    Blog text (8)

  • The day before Thanksgiving, I shoot a twelve-pound gobbler in a gang ranging for weed seeds among chopped stalks of the fallow cornfield.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The hunter spotted a large gobbler strutting around in the open field.

Synonyms

tom
vsgobbler
6 9.9

A male turkey with bright feathers that he shows to attract hens

is the single informal noun that specifies the animal rather than a general male
tom turkey
vsgobbler
1 9.9

A male turkey

is a single informal noun that omits the animal name
turkey cock
vsgobbler
  • US
9.9

A male turkey with large colorful tail feathers

is the single informal noun not showing the animal name explicitly

Compounds

cock gobbler
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude word people use to insult someone who brags and seems foolish

knob-gobbler
  • Offensive
9.9

A silly person or an animal like a puppy that licks a lot

Surface Forms

gobbler singular
gobblers plural

Morphology

gobbler = gobble (transparent) = gobble + er

Agentive noun formed regularly from the verb 'gobble' (one that gobbles); meaning 'male turkey' is a direct, expected extension from the verb 'to gobble' (turkey sound).

Etymology

Gobbler for a male turkey comes from the bird's loud verb gobble, an imitated 'gobble' sound turkeys make, so a gobbler is the turkey that makes that noise.