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/gˈɑbəl/ Listen

verb

Gobble v. t. (past & past part. gobbled; pres. part. gobbling)

To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. "Supper gobbled up in haste."

To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. "He... gobbles out a note of self-approbation."

To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. (Slang)

Gobble v. i.

To eat greedily.

To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

noun

Gobble n. A noise made in the throat. "Ducks and geese... set up a discordant gobble."

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Etymology of 'Gobble'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gobble" Quotes from Famous Books

... crying. "Good-bye, Harry; a pleasant voyage to you round the world. May you not be spirited away by a sea-monster like this. Oh! oh! help me off, though!—he'll have me into the sea to a certainty, and then he'll turn round and gobble me up—he will. ...

— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston

... have brought your dear children;" i.e., "Greedy little pigs!—gobble up everything ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890 • Various

... my lady rode the blue-roan out into the woods, towards the hut of old Joan Gobble, who was crippled by reason of age. My lady had me follow her on Dumble, th' white nag, with a pat o' butter and some wine. I was taken up with pondering as to why my lady should go in person to Dame Gobble's, ...

— A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales • Amelie Rives

... softening his spirit, "I got ten soferens in hand. Next quarter less you need and more you have. Less gass and electric. You don't gobble food so ravishingly in warm weather. The ...

— My Neighbors - Stories of the Welsh People • Caradoc Evans

... be engaged in learning how to die, and meet the issue unafraid. For the Desert Rat was a philosopher, and even at this ghastly spectacle his sense of humor did not desert him. He sat down on the skull of one of the burros and laughed—a dry cackling gobble. ...

— The Long Chance • Peter B. Kyne

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