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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOB'BLE, v.t. To swallow in large pieces; to swallow hastily.
GOB'BLE, v.i. To make a noise in the throat, as a turkey.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock v
1: eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" [syn: gobble, bolt]
2: make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (gobbled; gobbling) Etymology: probably irregular from ¹gob Date: 1601 1. to swallow or eat greedily 2. to take eagerly ; grab — usually used with up 3. to read rapidly or greedily — usually used with up II. intransitive verb (gobbled; gobbling) Etymology: imitative Date: 1680 1. to make the natural guttural noise of a male turkey 2. to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey • gobble noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. & intr. eat hurriedly and noisily. Derivatives: gobbler n. Etymology: prob. dial. f. GOB(2) 2. v.intr. 1 (of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat. 2 make such a sound when speaking, esp. when excited, angry, etc. Etymology: imit.: perh. based on GOBBLE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gobble Gob"ble, v. i. 1. To eat greedily. 2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gobble Gob"ble, n. A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. --Mrs. Gore.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gobbles, gobbling, gobbled) If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily. Pete gobbled all the beef stew. VERB: V n • Gobble down and gobble up mean the same as gobble. There were dangerous beasts in the river that might gobble you up. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Swallow (greedily), bolt, gulp.

Moby Thesaurus

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