Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gobble"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gobbling}.] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
Supper gobbled up in haste. --Swift.
2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
--Goldsmith.
{To gobble up}, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture
suddenly. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gobble \Gob"ble\, n.
A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
--Mrs. Gore.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gobble
n : the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
v 1: eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
[syn: {bolt}]
2: make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
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