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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Gobble

/gäb'-əl/ · Gob·ble · IPA /ˈɡɑbl̩/
01 v. t. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling
  1. 1.
    To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
    “Supper gobbled up in haste.” Swift.
  2. 2.
    To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
    “He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.” Goldsmith.
Phrases & compounds
To gobble up — to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly.
02 v. i. To eat greedily.
  1. 1.
    To eat greedily.
  2. 2.
    To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
03 n. A noise made in the throat.
  1. 1.
    A noise made in the throat.
    “Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.” — Mrs. Gore.