Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gobbled"
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]
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