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late Middle English: from Old French gobelet, diminutive of gobel ‘cup’, of unknown origin.
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French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of goblets and tankards, from Old French gobel 'drinking vessel', 'cup' (apparently from Celtic gob 'mouth').
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gobble (third-person singular simple present gobbles, present participle gobbling, simple past and past participle gobbled)
(transitive, intransitive) Of a turkey, to make its characteristic vocalisation; also, used of certain other birds.
(transitive, intransitive) To make the sound of a turkey.