gobbet

verb /ˈɡɒbɪt/

1. To splash with small quantities of liquid; to spatter.

   transitive

   The bullets that hit him […] burst the bared head into splinters. Scalp, bones and brain gobbeted the jeep as the dead boy screwed and fell sideways.

2. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

   transitive

   Or, did you ever see a dog with a marrowbone in his mouth[…] how prudently he gobbets it: with what affection he breaks it: and with what diligence he sucks it.

Where it comes from

From Middle English gobet, from Middle French gobet (“mouthful, piece”), diminutive of gobe. See gober.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gobbet (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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