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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: gobble - godiva</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="gobble"> gobble (1), verb, -bled, -bling.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to eat fast and greedily; swallow hurriedly in large mouthfuls; gulp. Ex. He gobbled the ice cream so fast he got a headache. (SYN) bolt. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) to seize upon graspingly or greedily; lay hold of; collar. <DD>v.i. to eat fast and greedily. expr. gobble up, <DD> a. (U.S. Informal.) to seize upon eagerly. Ex. To sell it ... not to have it gobbled up by speculators (Thomas Jefferson). <DD> b. to devour; eat away. Ex. While gobbling up huge quantities of new steel, the auto industry also is turning out growing amounts of a key ingredient of metal--steel scrap (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="gobble"> gobble (2), verb, -bled, -bling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to make the characteristic throaty sound of a male turkey or a sound like it. Ex. Regiments of turkeys were gobbling through the farm-yard (Washington Irving). <DD>noun the throaty sound that a male turkey makes. </DL> <A NAME="gobbledygook"> gobbledygook or gobbledegook, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) speech or writing that is hard to understand because it is full of long, involved sentences and big words. Ex. I will not go into the many forms of gobbledygook--legal, medical, business, sociological--that plague us (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="gobbler"> gobbler (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a male turkey. </DL> <A NAME="gobbler"> gobbler (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that gobbles food, land, or anything else. </DL> <A NAME="gobelin"> Gobelin, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or made at the factory and dye works of the Gobelins in Paris. Ex. Gobelin tapestry or upholstery. <DD> 2. resembling such tapestry or upholstery. <DD>noun a Gobelin tapestry. </DL> <A NAME="gobetween"> go-between, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who goes back and forth between others, with messages, proposals, or suggestions; intermediary. Ex. A prophet ... is the go-between of gods and men (Lord Dunsany). (SYN) middleman. </DL> <A NAME="gobfeeder"> gob feeder,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that drops a measured amount of molten glass into a mold at regular intervals. </DL> <A NAME="gobioid"> gobioid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. resembling the goby. <DD>noun a fish like a goby. </DL> <A NAME="goblet"> goblet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a drinking glass that stands high above its base on a stem, and has no handle. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) <DD> a. a hollow drinking bowl without a handle. <DD> b. a wine cup. </DL> <A NAME="gobletcell"> goblet cell,<DL COMPACT><DD> an epithelial cell, shaped roughly like a goblet, that produces mucus. </DL> <A NAME="goblin"> goblin, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a mischievous sprite or elf in folklore, in the form of an ugly-looking dwarf. (SYN) hobgoblin, bogy. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with goblins. <DD> 2. suitable for goblins. </DL> <A NAME="goblinrobin"> goblin Robin,<DL COMPACT><DD> a hobgoblin; Robin Goodfellow. </DL> <A NAME="gobo"> gobo, noun, pl. -bos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) in motion pictures or television: <DD> 1. a dark strip used to keep lights from interfering with a camera lens, or to mold lighting effects, in pictures of the face. <DD> 2. a device used to prevent undesirable sounds from entering a microphone. </DL> <A NAME="goboon"> goboon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a spittoon. </DL> <A NAME="gobs"> gobs, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under gob (2). </DL> <A NAME="gobstopper"> gobstopper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a large, round piece of very hard candy; jawbreaker. </DL> <A NAME="goby"> goby, noun, pl. -bies or (collectively) -by.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a family of bony, spiny-rayed fishes living near seacoasts. The ventral fins of gobies are united to form a suction cup by which they cling to rocks. <DD> 2. any one of various related fishes having disjoined pelvic fins. </DL> <A NAME="goby"> go-by, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a going by or casting off; intentional neglect; slight. Ex. He had ... tried to get a date with her, and for the third time since the dance she had given him the go-by (James T. Farrell). </DL> <A NAME="goc"> G.O.C.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) general officer commanding. </DL> <A NAME="gocart"> go-cart or gocart, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a low seat on wheels for a small child to ride on; stroller. <DD> 2. a small framework moving on casters in which children may learn to walk; walker. <DD> 3. a kind of light open carriage. </DL> <A NAME="gock"> gock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) some foul, nasty substance. </DL> <A NAME="god"> god, noun, verb, godded, godding.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a being that is thought to have greater powers than any man and considered worthy of worship. Ex. Cupid is considered to be the god of love. (SYN) deity. <DD> b. a male god. <DD> c. a likeness or image of a god; idol. Ex. Early Christians raided many Roman temples, smashing their gods and other statues. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a person or thing greatly admired and respected. Ex. Sir Aylmer Aylmer, that almighty man, the county god (Tennyson). <DD>v.t. to make into a god; deify; worship as a god. expr. gods, (Especially British.) the topmost gallery of a theater. Ex. A robust and uninhibited live audience ... was resolved to get value for money and to boo from the gods if it did not (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="god"> God, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the maker and ruler of the world; the one Supreme Being who loves and helps man. Ex. Jews and Christians worship God. <DD> 2. the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute. Ex. the God of justice, the God of mercy. expr. please God, if it is God's will. Ex. We will see you tomorrow at church, please God. expr. so help me God!, a solemn oath that I am telling the truth. Ex. I ... do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty ... according to law. So help me God! (Tennyson). </DL> <A NAME="godardian"> Godardian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characteristic of Jean-Luc Godard, born 1930, a French motion-picture director noted for his cinematic innovations. Ex. "Partner" is a Godardian exercise of repetition, monologues, slogans, alienation effects, cheeky political symbolism (Listener). </DL> <A NAME="godawful"> god-awful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) dreadful; terrible. </DL> <A NAME="godchild"> godchild, noun, pl. -children.<DL COMPACT><DD> a child whom a grown-up person sponsors at its baptism. </DL> <A NAME="goddaughter"> goddaughter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female godchild. </DL> <A NAME="godden"> godden, noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) good evening. </DL> <A NAME="goddess"> goddess, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a female god. Ex. Jupiter was a god and Juno was his goddess. <DD> 2. a woman whom one worships or devotedly admires. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a very beautiful or charming woman. Ex. The beautiful young movie star was a goddess to the public. </DL> <A NAME="goddesshood"> goddesshood, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or dignity of a goddess. </DL> <A NAME="goddessship"> goddess-ship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rank, state, condition, or attributes of a goddess. </DL> <A NAME="godet"> godet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a triangular insert of fabric used primarily on a skirt to give it fullness or decoration. <DD> 2. a wheel or roller of plastic or glass, used in spinning rayon yarn. </DL> <A NAME="godetia"> godetia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of American annual plants of the evening-primrose family commonly grown for their showy lilac, pink, or white flowers. </DL> <A NAME="godevil"> go-devil, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a rough sled for holding one end of a log while it is being dragged. <DD> 2. (U.S.) a device used for exploding a dynamite cartridge in an oil well. <DD> 3. a device used to clean out oil pipelines. <DD> 4. a handcar. </DL> <A NAME="godfather"> godfather, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a man who sponsors a child when it is baptized. The godfather promises to help the child to be a good Christian. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) the head of one of the units or families of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra. <DD>v.t. to act as godfather to; be sponsor for. </DL> <A NAME="godfearing"> God-fearing, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a reverential fear of God; religious. </DL> <A NAME="godforsaken"> Godforsaken, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. forsaken, or seemingly forsaken, by God. <DD> 2. abandoned to evil and its penalties. Ex. a band of Godforsaken robbers. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) Also, godforsaken. forlorn, desolate, or miserable. Ex. ... the Sahara gave the impression of being a huge, godforsaken waste (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="godgiven"> God-given, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. given by God. Ex. ... mankind's God-given capacity to build (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) very welcome and suitable. (SYN) beneficial. </DL> <A NAME="godhead"> godhead, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. divine nature;divinity; deity. <DD> 2. a deity or divinity. expr. the Godhead, God in all His attributes and relations. Ex. 'Tis true I am alone; So was the Godhead, ere he made the world (John Dryden). </DL> <A NAME="godhood"> godhood, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> divine character; divinity. </DL> <A NAME="godhood"> Godhood, noun. =Godhead.</DL> <A NAME="godiva"> Godiva, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> Lady, the wife of an English nobleman who lived during the 1000's. According to legend, she rode naked through the town of Coventry to get her husband to grant relief to the people from a burdensome tax. </DL> <A HREF="godking.dic">NEXT</A>