gob·bler

1 [gob-ler]
noun
a male turkey.

Origin:
1730–40; gobble2 + -er1

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gob·bler

2 [gob-ler]
noun
a person or thing that gobbles or consumes voraciously or quickly: a gobbler of science fiction.

Origin:
1745–55; gobble1 + -er1

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Gobbler is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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gobbler (ˈɡɒblə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal a male turkey

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Example sentences
The same colors as a gobbler's head, they may draw a hunter's fire.
Many hunters think that a fall hunt can't compare to the thrill of calling in a
  spring gobbler.
The daily bag limit would be one gobbler and the season limit would be two
  gobblers.
They're more apt to try to kick that gobbler off that hen.
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